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Emma Armstrong-Carter; Eva H. Telzer – Child Development Perspectives, 2025
Many young people are inclined toward risk taking and also toward helping other people. "Prosocial risk taking" is a term that can describe different ways that youth provide significant instrumental and emotional support to family members, friends, and strangers, even when it involves a personal risk. In this article, we review research…
Descriptors: Risk, Prosocial Behavior, Child Development, Developmental Stages
Güroglu, Berna – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021
Adolescence is a period of growing focus on social interactions and relationships. The peer context is one of the most significant developmental contexts in this transitional period and positive peer experiences contribute positively to adolescent well-being. Although negative peer influence on antisocial behaviour has received much attention, we…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Prosocial Behavior, Decision Making, Peer Influence
Curran, Tess; Wexler, Lisa – Journal of School Health, 2017
Background: The values, perspectives, and behavior patterns that begin in adolescence can continue throughout one's life. Because of these lifetime effects, much research has focused on adolescent risk and prevention, but a new body of knowledge investigates protective factors and strengths. Positive youth development (PYD) increases internal and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Positive Behavior Supports, School Activities, Leadership Training
Wilkins, Keely; Caldarella, Paul; Crook-Lyon, Rachel; Young, K. Richard – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of this article is to review the literature exploring various definitions of civility, along with reasons why civility is vital to children and adolescents in any community. The authors examine definitions and components of civility in both historical and current contexts. The need for increased civility in modern society is described.…
Descriptors: Children, Adolescents, Prosocial Behavior, Definitions
Chaskin, Robert J.; Hawley, Theresa – 1994
The Lilly Endowment's Research Grants Program on Youth and Caring explored the concept of caring, with the intention of effecting changes in settings and practices. This report is meant to give a brief account of the genesis and development of the Program, summarize the issues raised and findings gleaned from the research and investigation, and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Altruism, Annotated Bibliographies, Cultural Differences
Hair, Elizabeth C.; Jager, Justin; Garrett, Sarah – 2001
Because social competency is an important element for adolescents' healthy development, a central question is what can be done to help adolescents achieve and maintain social competency. This report details antecedents of two key aspects of social competency: quality social relationships and good social skills. For each social relationship and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adult Child Relationship, Community Programs
DeFord, Melissa S. – 1996
The concept of caring, especially when applied to adolescents, is often overlooked in education, perhaps due to the belief that parents are their primary nurturers or that adolescents do not require nurturing. This literature review examines periodicals, documents, books, and a television broadcast, all produced between 1990 and 1996, that deal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Role, Adolescent Development, Classroom Environment