Adolescent prosocial behavior suggests social competence and it is associated with greater parental warmth yet the experience of warmth through child and adolescent development is not well understood

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• The Emergence of Prosocial Behavior: Why Do Infants and Toddlers Help, Comfort, and Share? (2014) · doi

  Although findings on the early presence of prosocial tendencies in infants and toddlers have received much attention and the examination of their subsequent developmental pathways has fostered ample research, little is known about the mechanisms and motives that bring about the first emergence of these prosocial actions.

  Keywords: prosocial early presence tendencies infants toddlers received attention examination subsequent developmental pathways fostered ample little
• Preschoolers distribute scarce resources according to the moral valence of recipients' previous actions. (2011) · doi

  Two fundamental moral behaviors are therefore demonstrated in young preschoolers: indirect reciprocity of morally valenced acts and a preference for equality when distributing resources, although the cognitive bases for these behaviors remain unclear.

  Keywords: behaviors fundamental moral young preschoolers indirect reciprocity morally valenced acts preference equality distributing resources cognitive
• Trajectories of Parental Warmth and the Role They Play in Explaining Adolescent Prosocial Behavior (2023) · doi

  Adolescent prosocial behavior suggests social competence and it is associated with greater parental warmth yet the experience of warmth through child and adolescent development is not well understood as it relates to such prosocial behavior.

  Keywords: adolescent prosocial behavior warmth suggests social competence associated greater parental experience child development well understood