Positive parenting and children’s prosocial behavior in eight countries

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	Positive parenting and children’s prosocial behavior in eight countries
	Concetta, C.; Lansford, E.; Malone, S.; Chang, L.
	2016-07-01
Source Publication	Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
ISSN	1469-7610
Pages	824-834
Abstract	Background: Research supports the beneﬁcial role of prosocial behaviors on children’s adjustment and successful youth development. Empirical studies point to reciprocal relations between negative parenting and children’s maladjustment, but reciprocal relations between positive parenting and children’s prosocial behavior are understudied. In this study reciprocal relations between two different dimensions of positive parenting (quality of the mother–child relationship and the use of balanced positive discipline) and children’s prosocial behavior were examined in Colombia, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the United States. Methods: Mother–child dyads (N = 1105) provided data over 2 years in two waves (M age of child in wave 1 = 9.31 years, SD = 0.73; 50% female). Results: A model of reciprocal relations between parenting dimensions, but not among parenting and children’s prosocial behavior, emerged. In particular, children with higher levels of prosocial behavior at age 9 elicited higher levels of mother–child relationship quality in the following year. Conclusions: Findings yielded similar relations across countries, evidencing that being prosocial in late childhood contributes to some degree to the enhancement of a nurturing and involved mother–child
Keyword	Prosocial behavior parenting cross-national late childhood
Language	英語English
The Source to Article	PB_Publication
PUB ID	24533
Document Type	Journal article
Collection	DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Corresponding Author	Concetta, C.
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	Concetta, C.,Lansford, E.,Malone, S.,et al. Positive parenting and children’s prosocial behavior in eight countries[J]. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2016, 824-834.
APA	Concetta, C.., Lansford, E.., Malone, S.., & Chang, L. (2016). Positive parenting and children’s prosocial behavior in eight countries. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 824-834.
MLA	Concetta, C.,et al."Positive parenting and children’s prosocial behavior in eight countries".Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2016):824-834.

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