Considerable research indicates that both functional
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Although considerable research indicates that both functional communication skills and prosocial behaviors increase across childhood and adolescence, relatively few studies have examined developmental and individual differences in the proso
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Sourced from the abstract and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 1975 and 2021, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 114 times in total.
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- Disentangling between‐ and within‐person associations between empathy and prosocial behaviours during early adolescence (2021) · Journal of Adolescence · cited 31× · doi
INTRODUCTION: Although empathy has been found to be related to prosocial behaviour, little is known about the longitudinal links between these two concepts during early adolescence, a unique window into developmental changes on empathy and prosocial behaviour considering the physical, cognitive, socio-emotional and contextual changes occurring during this period.
generalabstractevidence 5/5Keywords: empathy prosocial behaviour changes introduction found related little known longitudinal links concepts early adolescence unique - Level of Social Perspective Taking and the Development of Empathy in Children: Speculations from a Social‐Cognitive Viewpoint (1975) · Journal of Moral Education · doi
There is a gap in understanding how the development of social perspective-taking relates to the development of empathic understanding. Prior research has not fully addressed the question of how children's understanding of other people's perspectives undergoes changes during childhood.
generalstated research gapevidence 5/5Keywords: there gap understanding development social perspective-taking relates empathic - Age, social‐cognitive development, and the use of comforting strategies (1984) · Communication Monographs · cited 83× · doi
Although considerable research indicates that both functional communication skills and prosocial behaviors increase across childhood and adolescence, relatively few studies have examined developmental and individual differences in the prosocial communication skill of comforting.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: communication prosocial considerable indicates functional skills behaviors increase across childhood adolescence relatively examined developmental individual
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