Prosocial Involvement as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review

Lam, Ching Man

doi:10.1100/2012/769158

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“…Prosocial attributes describe the tendency of internalizing and adopting social norms of social responsibility and engaging in behavior that benefits other people (18). For adolescents and emerging adults, engagement in prosocial behavior can help them to better fulfill their developmental needs in building good peer relationship, which is a vital source of social support and social learning for their transition from childhood to emerging adulthood (19).…”

Section: Experiences Of Childhood Maltreatmentmentioning

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A comparison of positive youth development against depression and suicidal ideation in youth from Hong Kong and the Netherlands

Leung

Bender

Kwok

2017

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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Background This study tests the buffering effects of positive youth development (PYD) factors against depression and suicidal ideation across Hong Kong and Dutch students. Methods We collected data on depression, suicidal ideation, history of childhood maltreatment, and PYD from 565 Dutch and Hong Kong undergraduates. The three PYD factors, prosocial attributes, positive identity, and cognitive-behavioral competence, were examined for their moderating role in the relationship among childhood maltreatment, depression, and suicidal ideation in path analysis. Results Direct protective effects are found for all PYD factors in both cultures, except for cognitive-behavioral competence in the Dutch sample. A buffering effect of the PYD factors is observed in the maltreatment-depression relationship in Dutch, but not in Hong Kong students. Only behavioral competence buffers against suicidal ideation in Dutch students, while other PYD factors show no buffering effect in both groups of participants. Conclusion The differences in relationships between two samples highlights the need to consider cultural differences.

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Section: Experiences Of Childhood Maltreatmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

A comparison of positive youth development against depression and suicidal ideation in youth from Hong Kong and the Netherlands

Leung

Bender

Kwok

2017

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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“…Socialisation theorists witnessed the way in which parents play an important role in promoting and fostering pro-social behaviors among children and adolescents (Bandura, 1986;Hoffman, 2000;Staub, 1979). Researchers determined that the styles used by parents in rearing children have an effect on the children's development of pro-social behavior (Lam, 2012).…”

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The impact of perception of consistency and inconsistency in parenting style on pro-social motives of adolescents

Karmakar¹

2017

Social Psychology and Society

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“…Selfishness can be defined as acting by considering only one's own wishes and needs, without consideration or care of others and sometimes by disregarding consequences that might be harmful to others (Ronald, 2016). Selfishness is too complex to be explained with a single approach; it is a property that is related to biological features, personality, cognitive and emotional processes, socialization experience, culture and social contexts (Lam, 2012). Insecure bonds created by selfishness, lack of empathy, and reduced self-sacrifice greatly harm the social structure (Gilbert, 2018).…”

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The Examination of Teacher Candidates' Selfishness Levels Regarding Sportive Activity and Different Variables

Tozoğlu

Ozan

2020

Asian Journal of Education and Training

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The aim of this study is to the examination of teacher candidates' selfishness levels regarding sportive activity and different variables the study was conducted on 295 teacher candidates, 109 female and 186 male, who were educated in Erzurum Ataturk University, Kazim Karabekir faculty of education, in 2018-2019 academic year and voluntarily participated in the research. In the study, "The Selfishness Questionnaire: Egocentric, Adaptive, and Pathological Forms of Selfishness " was used which was developed by Adrian and Uh (2018) adapted to Turkish and analyzed for reliability and validity by Yılmaz (2018). Frequency analysis was used to determine demographic characteristics, and T test was used to examine the relationship between two independent variables and selfishness, analysis of variance was used to examine the relationship between more than two variables and selfishness. When the findings of the study were evaluated, it was seen that the pathological selfishness levels of female students were lower than male students. As a result of the findings, it is noticeable that the level of selfishness increases in parallel as the age level increases. The remarkable result here is, the level of selfishness increases in parallel as the time to do sportive activity increases. It is thought that, for students, sporting activity in their daily lives makes possible to increase their interaction with other students and therefore to focus on team or group goals rather than personal goals.

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Prosocial Involvement as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review

Cited by 40 publications

References 55 publications

A comparison of positive youth development against depression and suicidal ideation in youth from Hong Kong and the Netherlands

A comparison of positive youth development against depression and suicidal ideation in youth from Hong Kong and the Netherlands

The impact of perception of consistency and inconsistency in parenting style on pro-social motives of adolescents

The Examination of Teacher Candidates' Selfishness Levels Regarding Sportive Activity and Different Variables

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