Prosocial development in early adulthood: A longitudinal study

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作者
Eisenberg, N [1 ]
Guthrie, IK [1 ]
Cumberland, A [1 ]
Murphy, BC [1 ]
Shepard, SA [1 ]
Zhou, Q [1 ]
Carlo, G [1 ]
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[1] Arizona State Univ, Dept Psychol, Tempe, AZ 85287 USA
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10.1037//0022-3514.82.6.993
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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Consistency of measures of a prosocial personality and prosocial moral judgment over time, and the interrelations among them, were examined. Participants' and friends' reports of prosocial characteristics were obtained at ages 21-22, 23-24, and 25-26 years. In addition, participant's prosocial judgment was assessed with interviews and with an objective measure of prosocial moral reasoning at several ages. Reports of prosocial behavior and empathy-related responding in childhood and observations of prosocial behavior in preschool also were obtained. There was interindividual consistency in prosocial dispositions, and prosocial dispositions in adulthood related to empathy/sympathy and prosocial behavior at much younger ages, Interview and objective measures of moral reasoning were substantially interrelated in late adolescence/early adulthood and correlated with participants' and friends' reports of a prosocial disposition.
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页码:993 / 1006
页数:14
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