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Clary, E. Gil; Miller, Jude – Child Development, 1986
The sustained altruism of volunteers at a telephone crisis-counseling agency was examined. The rate of sustained altruism of normative volunteers in highly cohesive training groups was increased to a level comparable to that of autonomous volunteers, while the altruism of autonomous volunteers was not affected by the training group experience.…
Descriptors: Adults, Altruism, Context Effect, Group Experience
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Harper, Lawrence V.; Huie, Karen S. – Child Development, 1985
Assessed contributions of familiarity, prior experience, and age to frequency and degree of social participation of preschoolers. Normative analysis of group differences indicated that sex, age, prior peer-group experience, and familiarity did not interact and that all of them independently affected 3- and 4-year-old preschoolers' social play.…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cooperation, Group Experience