“…Of these individual papers, six studies reported that greater levels of parent-child connection or attachment correlated positively with prosocial responding (Coyne et al, 2010;2013;Eberly & Montemayor, 1998;Nie, Li & Vazsonyi, 2016) and empathy (Thompson & Gullone, 2008;You et al, 2015), with one longitudinal study observing a positive relationship between attachment quality and prosocial behaviour toward parents over time (Eberly & Montermayor 1999). Several (n=6 correlational; n=10 longitudinal) studies also provided evidence to suggest that democratic, authoritative parenting styles, characterised by warm, responsive, supportive and open communication practices are also linked with higher levels of prosocial behaviour (Carlo et al, 2007;2017;Eberly & Montermayor 1999;Gerardy et al, 2015;Harper et al, 2014;Karmarkar & Ghosh, 2012;Kerestes, 2006;Lawford, Doyle & Markiewicz, 2012;Padilla-Walker et al, 2012;2014b;2015a;Van Goethem et al, 2014) and empathic responding (Adams et al, 1982;Fousiani et al, 2016;Harper et al, 2014;Miklikowska & Hume, 2011;Padilla-Walker et al, 2014b;Van Der Graff et al, 2012). However, some inconsistencies in these trends were observed.…”