Carlo Gustavo, Padilla-Walker Laura M, Nielson Matthew G
Department of Human Development and Family Science.
Department of Family Life.
Dev Psychol. 2015 Dec;51(12):1771-7. doi: 10.1037/dev0000056. Epub 2015 Sep 28.
Despite the importance of understanding sympathy and prosocial behaviors, research on the development of these tendencies in adolescence remains relatively sparse. In the present study, we examined age trends and bidirectional longitudinal relations in sympathy and prosocial behaviors across early to middle adolescents. Participants were 500 12-year-olds at Time 1 (52% girls, 70% European American) who completed measures of sympathy and prosocial behaviors at 5 different time points, each approximately 1 year apart. Results showed significant bidirectional relations between sympathy and prosocial behaviors across all time points, and an initial decrease of prosocial behaviors followed by an increase into middle adolescence. The implications for prosocial developmental theories and research are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record
尽管理解同情和亲社会行为很重要，但关于这些倾向在青少年时期的发展研究仍然相对较少。在本研究中，我们考察了从青少年早期到中期同情和亲社会行为的年龄趋势及双向纵向关系。研究对象为500名12岁的青少年（女生占52%，非裔美国人占70%），他们在5个不同时间点完成了同情和亲社会行为的测量，每个时间点间隔约1年。结果显示，在所有时间点上，同情和亲社会行为之间都存在显著的双向关系，亲社会行为最初有所下降，随后在青少年中期有所增加。我们还讨论了这些结果对亲社会发展理论和研究的启示。（《心理学文摘数据库记录》）
