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ERIC Number: EJ1396127
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 15
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0305-7240
EISSN: EISSN-1465-3877
Social Class and Prosocial Behavior in Early Adolescence: The Moderating Roles of Family and School Factors
Yao, Zhuojun; Enright, Robert
Journal of Moral Education, v52 n3 p310-324 2023
The association between prosocial behavior and adolescents' social class--defined as one's parents' position in society assessed in terms of education, income, and occupation status--is far from conclusive and the moderators of the link have not been fully researched. Using data from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD SECCYD) (N = 1,058), this study investigated the association between social class and 5th graders' prosocial behavior, as well as the moderating roles of maternal sensitivity, positive family emotional expressiveness, teacher-student relationship, and peer support. The current research found that social class was positively associated with adolescents' prosocial behavior, and the positive association between social class and prosocial behavior was less pronounced for adolescents with higher levels of maternal sensitivity, positive family emotional expressiveness, teacher-student relationship, and peer support than those with lower levels of maternal sensitivity, positive family emotional expressiveness, teacher-student relationship, and peer support. The present findings yield evidence on the negative influence of low social class on adolescents' prosocial behavior, but this effect would be buffered by supportive and healthy relationships in family and school contexts.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 5; Intermediate Grades; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin (Madison); Washington (Seattle); Massachusetts (Boston); Virginia; North Carolina; Arkansas (Little Rock); California (Irvine); Kansas; Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Student Teacher Relationship Scale
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