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Incentives and Prosocial Behavior [PDF]
We develop a theory of prosocial behavior that combines heterogeneity in individual altruism and greed with concerns for social reputation or self-respect. Rewards or punishments (whether material or image-related) create doubt about the true motive for which good deeds are performed, and this “overjustification effect” can induce a partial or even ...
Bénabou, Roland, Tirole, Jean
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The ecology of young children’s behaviour and social competence : child characteristics, socio-economic factors and parenting [PDF]
Using a longitudinal, UK representative sample from the Millennium Cohort Study, the present study examined the effects of socio-economic factors on mother- and teacher-rated behaviour, and the unique and cumulative contribution of both risk and ...
Dimitra Hartas, Hartas, Dimitra
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Neurobiological correlates of antisocial and prosocial behaviour
While prosocial and antisocial behaviours may seem like opposite ends of the same continuum, emerging research suggests that they would be distinct, uncorrelated concepts (Krueger et al., 2001). This would suggest that the neurobiological correlates (e.g.
Sandra Thijssen +4 more
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The impact of self-compassion on athlete wellbeing is well established. Much less researched is the impact of self-compassion, and its related fears (hereafter “fears of compassion”) on athletes’ prosocial and antisocial behaviours.
McEwan, K., Zhang, S.
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The ‘anti-social’ nature of prosocial research; a psychosocial critique
This article provides a critical review of recent psychological articles on prosocial behaviour. Even though it focuses on a specific section of this literature – giving to charities and prosocial responses to humanitarian disasters – the paper aims to ...
Seu, Irene Bruna, Bruna Seu
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Pupils’ prosociality and its relations to their meaning of life and teacher’s interaction style
The study deals with pupils´ self-perceived prosocial behaviour and its correlations to pupils´ meaning of life and teacher’s interaction style. The pupils (14-and-15-years old) from lower secondary school were respondents of this research. The objective
Anna Sádovská, Peter Kusý
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Wisdom-Based Buddhist-Derived Meditation Practices for Prosocial Behaviour: A Systematic Review [PDF]
Objectives The objective of this evaluative systematic review was to analyse the impact of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) that incorporate Buddhist wisdom practices on prosocial behaviour, and provide insights into their underlying mechanism ...
Furnell, M., Elander, J., Van Gordon, W.
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Why should developmental and life-course criminologists explore prosocial behaviour? One might argue that they already do, and indeed, in this chapter, I will provide evidence of where prosocial behaviour features in developmental and life-course ...
Williams, Corrie
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Gender Differences in Prosocial Behaviour [PDF]
The objective of current research was to examine the gender differences in prosocial behaviour. Total 60 students (N = 60, 30 Males and 30 Females) participated in the current study from Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. The Prosocial Personality Battery (PSB) consisting seven dimensions including social responsibility (SR), emphatic ...
null Dr. Pardeep Kumar +1 more
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Abstract The current study seeks to explore the reciprocal associations between mentor–mentee relationship strength and relationships with parents and peers across 2 years of mentoring. It is a secondary analysis of data collected by a national mentoring organization from youth (N = 1368; M age = 11.5 years; 59% female; White [n = 629], 30% Black [n ...
Westley L. Fallavollita +1 more
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