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Simone E. Halliday; Franziska M. Dahinden; Tina Hascher – Early Education and Development, 2025
Research Findings: Prosocial behavior in early childhood can be assessed by various informants and methodologies, but the information each provides may differ in meaningful ways. The present study measured and compared young children's (N = 486; age: M = 48.51 months, SD = 8.22) prosocial behavior based on parent reports, teacher reports, and…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Young Children, Child Behavior, Parent Attitudes
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Myslinska Szarek, Katarzyna; Tanas, Lukasz – European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2022
Prosocial behaviours appear very early in a child's development, suggesting that they are the basis for building social relationships. Previous studies have shown that two main factors influence decisions about pro-social behaviour: in-group membership and reciprocity. The main aim of this study was to investigate which of these motives children…
Descriptors: Expectation, Prosocial Behavior, Young Children, Prediction
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Christner, Natalie; Wörle, Monika; Paulus, Markus – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2022
Previous research debated whether and to which extent normative views and own resource distribution behavior in childhood are dissociated or aligned. The present study aims to advance this debate by examining the relation from two different methodological viewpoints within the same study. Here, 4-6-year-old children's (N = 91) normative views and…
Descriptors: Young Children, Childrens Attitudes, Poverty, Fiscal Capacity
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Melissa Parkhurst – History of Education, 2024
Extracurricular activities such as sports and music offer a means to glimpse the complexity of students' experiences in federally-run boarding schools for Native children in the United States. Studies of music in residential schools typically include a mix of quantitative and qualitative sources, including "unexpected archives" such as…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Music, Indigenous Knowledge, Extracurricular Activities
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Small, Deborah A.; Loewenstein, George; Slovic, Paul – Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 2007
When donating to charitable causes, people do not value lives consistently. Money is often concentrated on a single victim even though more people would be helped, if resources were dispersed or spent protecting future victims. We examine the impact of deliberating about donation decisions on generosity. In a series of field experiments, we show…
Descriptors: Females, Altruism, Interpersonal Relationship, Prosocial Behavior
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Siperstein, Gary N.; Leffert, James S. – Exceptional Children, 1999
A study examined the ability of 56 children with learning problems and 56 typical children to resolve the social problems of whether to share limited resources with a peer. Only 15% of the dyads of children with learning problems shared, compared to 58% of typical children. (CR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Interpersonal Relationship, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation
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Shields, David – Religious Education, 1996
Discusses the characteristics and benefits of friendship, not only as a central metaphor for the individual/church relationship, but also as a strategy and guide for the church, the individual, and the community. Identifies the four components of friendship as a shared story, embodied love, committed reciprocity, and a shared vision. (MJP)
Descriptors: Context Effect, Friendship, Helping Relationship, Higher Education
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Close, Jill; Kreitzer, Julie – 1998
Based on the belief that explicit teaching of social skills to young students will better prepare them for future academic and social endeavors, this action research project evaluated the impact of a program for increasing the incidence of appropriate social skills, specifically: sharing, encouraging, and accepting responsibility among young…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Cooperation, Elementary School Students