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9 - Prosocial Behaviors in Adolescence

from Part I - Development of Prosociality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2023

By
Gustavo Carlo ,
Fiorella L. Carlos Chavez  and
Clara López-Mora
Edited by
Tina Malti  and
Maayan Davidov
Tina Malti
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Maayan Davidov
Affiliation:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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This chapter provides an integrative review of the literature on prosocial development across adolescence. Despite core developmental theories addressing biological, cognitive, moral, social, and cultural related domains, our understanding of prosocial development across adolescence in non-Western countries is still quite limited. This chapter summarizes prosocial development work in culturally diverse samples that has application to migrant and minoritized adolescents who navigate a myriad of stressors while pursing work in other countries around the world and when socially integrating into majority communities. These examples highlight the need to deepen the current literature of prosocial development and shed light into more inclusive models of development and on culturally diverse adolescents

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prosocial behaviorsadolescenceparentingculturemorality
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Development, Mechanisms, Promotion
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