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What Will My Parents Think? Relations among Adolescents' Expected Parental Reactions, Prosocial Moral Reasoning, and Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviors.
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Wyatt, Jennifer M.; Carlo, Gustavo – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2002
Adolescents and parents reported adolescents' antisocial and prosocial behaviors. Findings indicated that expected parental reactions to antisocial behavior predicted lower levels of delinquency and aggression (adolescent report). Expected parental reactions to prosocial behavior predicted higher levels of prosocial behavior (adolescent report)…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Moral Values
The Relationship of Peer Victimization to Social Anxiety and Loneliness in Adolescence.
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Storch, Eric A.; Brassard, Marla R.; Masia-Warner, Carrie L. – Child Study Journal, 2003
Examined the relations among overt and relational victimization, social anxiety, loneliness, and prosocial behaviors from peers in ninth- and tenth-graders. Found that boys reported higher overt victimization rates and fewer peer prosocial behaviors compared to girls. Found support for the hypothesis that overt and relational victimization were…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Anxiety, Comparative Analysis
Quality of Parent/Adolescent Attachment and Aggression in Young Adolescents.
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Simons, Kevin J.; Paternite, Carl E.; Shore, Cecilia – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2001
Examined association between adolescents' perception of parent-adolescent attachment quality and adolescent aggression, as mediated by social cognition and self-esteem. Found that higher social cognition was associated with lower self-reported aggression when parent-adolescent attachments and adolescent self-esteem were controlled. When…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Aggression, Attachment Behavior
Prosocial and Coercive Configurations of Resource Control in Early Adolescence: A Case for the Well-Adapted Machiavellian.
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Hawley, Patricia H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2003
Studied self- and other-reported characteristics of 1,700 fifth through tenth graders varying in their use of coercive (aggression) and prosocial (cooperative) strategies of resource control. Found that children using both control strategies, labeled Machiavellians, possessed positive and negative characteristics and were socially central, liked…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Behavior, Aggression, Comparative Analysis
Doing Good Deeds: An Examination of Adolescent Prosocial Behavior in the Context of Parent-Adolescent Relationships.
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Eberly, Mary B.; Montemayor, Raymond – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1998
Used the Adolescent Prosocial Behavior Inventory to explore sixth, eighth, and tenth graders' prosocial behavior toward parents as an embedded aspect of parent/adolescent relationships. Found that mothers received more prosocial behavior than did fathers. Daughters acted more prosocially than sons. Attachment had a direct and an indirect effect…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Affection
Parent-Adolescent Conflict and Adolescent Antisocial and Prosocial Behavior: A Longitudinal Study in a Chinese Context.
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Shek, Daniel T. L.; Ma, Hing Keung – Adolescence, 2001
Examined the relationships between parent-adolescent conflict and antisocial and prosocial behavior in Chinese adolescents. Results showed that father-adolescent conflict and mother-adolescent conflict were concurrently related to adolescent antisocial and prosocial behavior. Findings suggest that the linkage between father-adolescent conflict and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Antisocial Behavior
Sociocognitive and Behavioral Correlates of a Measure of Prosocial Tendencies for Adolescents.
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Carlo, Gustavo; Hausmann, Anne; Christiansen, Stacie; Randall, Brandy A. – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2003
This study examined the psychometric properties of a multidimensional measure of prosocial behaviors, the Prosocial Tendencies Measure-Revised (PTM-R), with early and middle adolescents. Results showed adequate reliability and evidence of validity for the PTM-R. Discussion focused on individual differences in prosocial behaviors among early and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents