Research has indicated that empathy and prosocial responding are associated with
numerous emotional, psychological and social benefits. However, although adolescence is …

Background Researchers focused on mental health of conflict‐affected children are
increasingly interested in the concept of resilience. Knowledge on resilience may assist in …

The Handbook of Moral Development is the definitive source of theory and research on the
development of morality. Since the publication of the first edition, ground-breaking …

Research on altruism has focused on its positive roots, whereas research on the effects of
victimization and suffering has focused on aggression and difficulties in functioning …

However, much of the early psychological research on moral development (including
prosocial development) was influenced greatly by the work of rationalists such as Kant. This …

Drawing on the importance of future orientation for adolescent development this analysis
presents a model describing how future orientation is affected by high challenge (or …

The persistence of intergroup conflicts around the world creates urgency for research on
child development in such settings. Complementing what we know about internalizing and …

War and terrorism are exerting increasing force on world affairs, with growing implications
for families and the scholars who study them. In this review, I consider the implications of …

The article reviews developmental research among Palestinians living in Gaza. The aims
are, first, to analyze how exposure to traumatic events associates with children's mental …

We use longitudinal multilevel modeling to test how exposure to community violence and
cognitive and behavioral factors contribute to the development of aggressive and prosocial …