AN INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN'S PROSOCIAL BEHAVIORS ON TH

A large body of empirical work has shown the role that parenting plays in the development of prosocial behaviors of children. Parenting styles (e.g., democratic versus authoritarian) and parenting practices (e.g., inductive discipline versus guilt-shame induction) in particular have been empirically linked to prosocial behaviors as well as numerous other well-being indicators in children. What is less understood is the role that culture and cultural context might play in the parenting-prosocial nexus. This chapter explores the contributions of culture comparative and in-depth cultural studies of parenting and children’s prosocial behaviors. These studies extend the range of variability of parenting dimensions and contexts as they relate to children’s prosocial outcomes – providing a means of testing the generalizability of theory in a wider range of settings, as well as in identifying facets of parenting and family life that may otherwise be neglected in current scholarship. Collectively, studies support traditional socialization theories and show how numerous parenting dimensions are linked to prosocial outcomes in children in several cultural communities. Nonetheless, emerging research suggests culturally embedded processes that impact upon the parenting and prosocial link - meriting closer attention for future scholarship.

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Facebooking Alone? Millennials’ Use of Social Network Sites and Volunteering

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly ◽

10.1177/0899764019868844 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 49 (1) ◽

pp. 203-217 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Young-joo Lee

Keyword(s):

Cohort Study ◽

Social Network ◽

Civic Engagement ◽

Online Social Network ◽

Social Network Sites ◽

Positive Association ◽

Prosocial Behaviors ◽

Network Site ◽

Facebook Use ◽

Mixed Messages

The younger generation’s widespread use of online social network sites has raised concerns and debates about social network sites’ influence on this generation’s civic engagement, whether these sites undermine or promote prosocial behaviors. This study empirically examines how millennials’ social network site usage relates to volunteering, using the 2013 data of the Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort Study. The findings reveal a positive association between a moderate level of Facebook use and volunteering, although heavy users are not more likely to volunteer than nonusers. This bell-shaped relationship between Facebook use and volunteering contrasts with the direct correlation between participation in off-line associational activities and volunteering. Overall, the findings suggest that it is natural to get mixed messages about social network sites’ impacts on civic engagement, and these platforms can be useful tools for getting the word out and recruiting episodic volunteers.

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Neural signatures of prosocial behaviors

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews ◽

10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.07.006 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 118 ◽

pp. 186-195 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Gabriele Bellucci ◽

Julia A. Camilleri ◽

Simon B. Eickhoff ◽

Frank Krueger

Keyword(s):

Prosocial Behaviors ◽

Neural Signatures

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How Narcissism Shapes Responses to Antisocial and Prosocial Behavior: Hypo-Responsiveness or Hyper-Responsiveness?

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin ◽

10.1177/01461672211007293 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 014616722110072

Author(s):

Jiafang Chen ◽

Barbara Nevicka ◽

Astrid C. Homan ◽

Gerben A. van Kleef

Keyword(s):

Social Behavior ◽

Prosocial Behavior ◽

Social Functioning ◽

Social Order ◽

Social Behaviors ◽

Moral Character ◽

Prosocial Behaviors ◽

Future Research ◽

Clear Cut ◽

Reward And Punishment

Narcissists have a relatively higher proclivity for displaying antisocial rather than prosocial behaviors, suggesting a comparatively higher tendency for unfavorably impacting societies. However, maintenance of social order also depends on appropriate responses to others’ social behavior. Once we focus on narcissists as observers rather than actors, their impact on social functioning becomes less clear-cut. Theoretical arguments suggest that narcissists could be either hypo-responsive or hyper-responsive to others’ social behavior. Across four studies, we examined narcissists’ responsiveness to variations in others’ antisocial and prosocial behaviors. Results showed that narcissists differentiated less between others’ antisociality/prosociality, as reflected in their subsequent moral character evaluations (Studies 1–4) and reward and punishment (Studies 3 and 4). These results suggest that narcissists are hypo-responsive to others’ social behaviors. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.

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