The role of family has been studied a lot to determine how it influences adolescent's prosocial behavior. It is very important to study adolescents' prosocial behavior because they are integral to promote positive youth development. This review reveals four core aspects of family that play the major role in the influence on adolescent's prosocial behavior. In the following context, how residential mobility, parenting style, parental attachment and parental socialization respectively impacts adolescent's prosocial behavior will be illustrated.
KEYWORDSAdolescent, prosaically behavior, residential mobility, parenting style, attachment, socialization
ADOLESCENTS' PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR
Definition of Adolescent's Prosocial BehaviorProsocial behavior is defined in terms of consequences intended for another in which the behavior of the actor is directed toward promoting and sustaining a positive benefit for the help-recipient. Also, the behavior is performed voluntarily rather than under duress and is not motivated by the fulfilment of professional obligation. Activities such as donating, sharing, helping, assisting, and providing support to someone else are regarded as prosocial behavior, whereas paid activities in the service sector are usually excluded. Instead of studying across all stage of adult life, adolescent's prosocial behavior focuses on youth prosocial behavior during adolescent ages. Adolescent's prosocial behavior is one subject of prosocial involvement. In increasing number of places, such as Hong Kong, adolescents' participation in prosocial involvement are frequently and easy available. According to the general definition of adolescents' prosocial behavior, the term adolescents' prosocial behavior means adolescents' positive actions that benefit others, prompted by empathy, moral values, and a sense of personal responsibility rather than a desire for personal gain. So far how adolescents perceive prosocial involvement and develop positive prosocial behavior is examined by proven studies.Since adolescents' prosocial behavior is one subject under prosocial behavior, it is the prosocial involvement presented and performed by adolescents. From the perspectives of evolutionary psychology, the development of prosocial behavior is particularly important during the early years throughout childhood to adolescence as young people still adapt to living in the social environment. Such prosocial behavior _________________________________________