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Peer reviewedHodapp, Robert M.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Maternal behaviors within mother-infant games were examined to determine the amount, type, and functional value of maternal helping behaviors. A total of 17 mother-infant pairs were videotaped on monthly visits while playing five separate games. The study employed a skill-centered analysis to examine maternal scaffolding. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Games, Helping Relationship, Longitudinal Studies, Models
Download full textKahana, Eva; And Others – 1984
This review of the literature on prosocial behavior in the elderly provides empirical data on the prevalence of helping behaviors among the elderly and the range of motives underlying their helping. Implications of these data for theories of social behavior in later life are considered, and questions are raised about the validity of the models…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Altruism, Gerontology, Helping Relationship
McDonald, Linda; And Others – 1988
The paper explores the impact of child variables, parent variables, and family resources (professional and informal supports) on the family's ability to cope with a child with special needs. Child variables include child gender, birth order, severity of handicap, degree of child dependency, extent of attachment, age of the child, and presence of…
Descriptors: Coping, Disabilities, Emotional Adjustment, Family Problems
Levine, Douglas W.; And Others – 1983
A three-stage developmental model of the socialization of altruism as a reinforcer was tested. The model posits mood as a mediator of helping behavior. The first stage of the model is characterized by a relatively low level of altruistic responding, regardless of mood state, among preschool children; the second by the acquisition, among…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Altruism, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Shiarella, Ann Harris – 1998
This paper describes the development of a scale that measures college students' attitudes about community service, based on Schwartz' process model of altruistic helping behavior. The development of such a scale is seen as essential for research, evaluation of interventions, and the prediction of outcomes of community service participation. The…
Descriptors: Altruism, Attitude Measures, College Students, Community Services
Midlarsky, Elizabeth; Kahana, Eva – 1983
Research on helping behavior has focused on help to elderly individuals rather than help by elderly individuals. To investigate the determinants and consequences of helping by older adults, 117 adults, from five Detroit senior citizen residences, with a mean age of 75.6 (67 percent female) completed a personal/demographic questionnaire, including…
Descriptors: Altruism, Coping, Helping Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship
