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Shields, David Light; Funk, Christopher D. – Journal of Character Education, 2019
The concept of life purpose has emerged as an important aspect of character with implications for a range of character-related dispositions and behaviors. In this study of intercollegiate athletes from diverse sports (N = 2,374), we examined purpose in relation to 2 aspects of identity (moral and athletic), 2 contesting orientations, empathic…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Athletics, Empathy, Fear
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Hilliard, Lacey J.; Buckingham, Mary H.; Geldhof, G. John; Gansert, Patricia; Stack, Caroline; Gelgoot, Erin S.; Bers, Marina U.; Lerner, Richard M. – Applied Developmental Science, 2018
Video games have the potential to be contexts for moral learning. We investigated whether "Quandary," a video game designed to promote ethical thinking and moral considerations for decision-making, would help promote positive skills such as perspective taking and empathy in adolescents. We examined the effect of playing…
Descriptors: Perspective Taking, Decision Making, Educational Games, Video Games
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Carlo, Gustavo; Samper, Paula; Malonda, Elisabeth; Tur-Porcar, Ana M.; Davis, Alexandra – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2018
We examined the links between perceived parental use of social and material rewards and prosocial behaviors across youth from two countries. Six hundred forty adolescents (297 girls; X-bar age = 15.32 years) from Valencia, Spain, and 552 adolescents (321 girls; X-bar age = 13.38 years) from the United States completed measures of their perceptions…
Descriptors: Rewards, Parent Child Relationship, Prosocial Behavior, Generalization