Is prosocial behaviour a good thing? Developmental changes in children's evaluations of helping, sharing, cooperating, and comforting

Jackson, Melanie; Tisak, Marie S.

doi:10.1348/026151001166146

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“…Although past research has found the types of prosocial behaviors performed by younger children is different than the types performed by older children (Greener and Crick 1999;Jackson and Tisak 2001), the lack of age differences in the types of nice behaviors may be due to the fact that the school bus presents a context that allows for multiple forms of prosocial behavior to be performed by both younger and older children, and perhaps allows younger children more opportunity to practice more non-traditional prosocial behaviors towards their peers. Regarding not nice behaviors, the present study found that aggressive behaviors occurred more often among younger participants than among older participants.…”

Section: Developmental Differencesmentioning

confidence: 90%

“…For example, while some researchers argue that another's well-being must be of primary concern (Cialdini et al 1976;Hoffman 1977;Staub 1978), other researchers argue that prosocial behavior should not be based on unobservable underlying motivations (Eisenberg and Mussen 1989;Gelfand and Hartmann 1980). Though prosocial behaviors are intended to achieve positive consequences for others (Jackson and Tisak 2001;Tisak and Ford 1986), these behaviors are performed for various reasons, occasionally even for selfish reasons. Regardless of intent, the definition can not be limited to the motives underlying prosocial behavior, as it is nearly impossible to assess the motivations of acting in a prosocial manner (Eisenberg and Mussen 1989).…”

Section: Social Interactions and Prosocial Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Past research has often used a limited definition of prosocial behavior, focusing its attention primarily on helping and sharing behaviors. Focusing on helping and sharing behaviors alone creates limitations within the study of prosocial behavior in child development, as there are multiple forms of behavior that children consider to be prosocial, such as comforting (e.g., Jackson and Tisak 2001) benevolence (Tisak et al 2008), and relational inclusion (Greener and Crick 1999). Using a limited definition of prosocial behavior does not encompass the variety of behaviors participated in by children .…”

Section: Social Interactions and Prosocial Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

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When the wheels on the bus go round: social interactions on the school bus

Galliger

Tisak

2008

Soc Psychol Educ

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Children's social interactions are often dependent upon the setting or context in which they occur. The current study explored the school bus as a unique context for social interaction. One hundred and fifty-seven elementary school students (78 males and 79 females), in grades 3, 4, and 5, completed a questionnaire concerning the rate and types of prosocial and aggressive behaviors that occur on the school bus ride. Overall, findings indicated that students were prosocial more often on the school bus than they were aggressive. Regarding the types of social behaviors, differences found in the current study were distinctive. Participants mentioned non-traditionally studied prosocial behaviors (e.g., companionship and benevolence) more often than traditionally studied behaviors (e.g., sharing and helping). In addition, participants mentioned physical aggression more often among their female peers than among their male peers. This study reveals the importance of context in understanding children's social behaviors. It is concluded that the present results have important implications for the school bus context and for future research on children's social interactions.

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Section: Developmental Differencesmentioning

confidence: 90%

Section: Social Interactions and Prosocial Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Social Interactions and Prosocial Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

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When the wheels on the bus go round: social interactions on the school bus

Galliger

Tisak

2008

Soc Psychol Educ

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“…Initially, norm activation theory (NAT) was designed to investigate prosocial or altruistic intentions and behaviors [51]. Prosocial behavior is defined as, "any action that, as it happens, benefits others, or promotes harmonious relations with others, even if there is no sacrifice on the actor's part and even if there is some benefit to the actor" [52] (p. 349). Further, NAT is also employed to explain the pro-environmental behavior, notably in environmental psychology studies, as it is considered a special type of prosocial behavior for doing good for others in an indirect way [53][54][55].…”

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Chinese Tourists’ Perceptions of Climate Change and Mitigation Behavior: An Application of Norm Activation Theory

Qiao

Gao

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:It is well recognized that tourism development is a prominent contributor to climate change, but is also a "victim" of climate change. Therefore, to mitigate climate change is of great importance for the sustainability of tourism. Yet extant studies regarding tourism and climate change tend to be dominated by a supply-side stance, albeit the core role of the tourist in the tourism industry. While researchers are increasingly adopting a tourist perspective, few seek to understand the linkage between climate change and tourists' specific mitigation behaviors in a tourism context; this is especially so in China. This study investigates the impact of Chinese tourists' perceptions of climate change on their mitigation behaviors based on norm activation theory. Drawing on 557 self-administrated questionnaires collected in China, it finds that tourists' perceptions of climate change and perceived contribution of tourism to climate change both positively affect energy saving and carbon reduction behavior in tourism. Yet, compared with perceived contribution of tourism to climate change, tourists' perceptions of climate change are found to be a much stronger predictor for energy saving and carbon reduction behavior. Therefore, it suggests that tourists' perceptions of climate change in a general context is more strongly related to climate change mitigation behavior in tourism, calling for attention to go beyond the tourism context to alleviate the negative impacts of tourism on climate change.

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“…The response scale for each question ranges from 1 (never) to 4 (almost always). The questionnaire is based on past assessments of aggressive and prosocial behavior (Björkqvist et al 1992;Jackson and Tisak 2001) and is available upon request from the authors. Reliability from the present sample was acceptable (physical aggression: a = .79, relational aggression: a = .68).…”

Section: Aggressive Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

Adolescents’ Social Reasoning About Relational Aggression

Goldstein

Tisak

2009

J Child Fam Stud

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We examined early adolescents' reasoning about relational aggression, and the links that their reasoning has to their own relationally aggressive behavior. Thinking about relational aggression was compared to thinking about physical aggression, conventional violations, and personal behavior. In individual interviews, adolescents (N = 103) rated the acceptability of relational aggression, physical aggression, conventional violations, and personal behavior, and justified their ratings. Results indicated that adolescents' views about relational aggression are complex. Although gossip was viewed as very wrong (comparable to beliefs about physical aggression), exclusion was perceived to be somewhat acceptable (less wrong than conventional violations, but more wrong than personal behaviors). With regard to associations between beliefs about aggression and aggressive behavior, the results indicated that beliefs about gossip were associated with gossiping behavior, and that beliefs about physical aggression were associated with physically aggressive behavior. No links emerged between beliefs about exclusion and exclusionary behavior. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed within the frameworks of social domain theory and social information processing models of aggressive behavior.

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Is prosocial behaviour a good thing? Developmental changes in children's evaluations of helping, sharing, cooperating, and comforting

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When the wheels on the bus go round: social interactions on the school bus

When the wheels on the bus go round: social interactions on the school bus

Chinese Tourists’ Perceptions of Climate Change and Mitigation Behavior: An Application of Norm Activation Theory

Adolescents’ Social Reasoning About Relational Aggression

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