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There is little research on how parenting is related to youth's prosocial behavior toward outgroup members. We examined how parental warmth and gender socialization predict youth's altruistic and public prosocial behavior toward other-gender peers. A total of 358 youth (M = 13.00, SD = 1.13) and their parents participated in the study over 2 years in the United States. Longitudinal path analyses showed that parental warmth was positively related to residualized changes in altruistic prosocial behavior toward other-gender peers, and there were significant interaction effects of parental warmth and gender socialization practices in predicting youth's public prosocial behavior toward other-gender peers 1 year later. Specifically, when parental gender socialization practices were low, parental warmth was particularly important for prosocial behavior toward other-gender peers; when parental warmth was high, parental gender socialization practices were particularly relevant for prosocial behavior toward other-gender peers. Parental gender socialization attitudes had opposite effects for residualized changes in both altruistic and public prosocial behavior by youth gender.
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Scand J Psychol
September 2025
School of Psychology, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Promoting intergenerational altruism among the current youth generation is crucial, and belief in a just world (BJW) may be a protective factor for intergenerational altruism. Inspired by the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotion, our research aims to investigate the relationship between BJW and intergenerational altruism among youths as well as to explore the mediating role of subjective well-being and the moderating role of authenticity in the focal relationship. Three empirical sub-studies with cross-sectional, experimental, and longitudinal designs were performed.
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September 2025
School of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China, 321004; College of Economics and Management, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China, 321004. Electronic address:
Micro-charity, with its ease of dissemination, is an effective way to support public welfare. Gratitude has been shown to promote prosocial behavior. However, its specific role in driving micro-charity sharing, particularly the underlying neural correlates, remains unclear.
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September 2025
Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Background: Evidence remains inadequate regarding the benefits of incentive programs promoting healthy activities, particularly among older adults. This longitudinal study examined the associations of participation in the points-based health incentive program with an array of subsequent health and well-being outcomes, including ones the program did not explicitly incentivize, among older adults in Japan.
Participants And Setting: We used three-wave data (2020, 2021, and 2022) from Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (n = 2504), a cohort study of functionally independent individuals aged ≥ 65 years.
J Affect Disord
September 2025
Department of Public Health, Bartholins Allé 2, Aarhus University, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark. Electronic address:
Purpose: To study the association between internalizing and externalizing symptoms and prosocial behavior at age 7 years and pubertal timing in boys and girls.
Methods: This cohort study included 11,090 children from the Puberty Cohort within the Danish National Birth Cohort (DNBC). Data on internalizing and externalizing symptoms and prosocial behavior was derived from a parent-reported Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) at age 7 years, and categorized as normal (lowest 79th percent), at-risk (80th - 89th percent) or abnormal (≥90th percent).
Despite significant rhetoric around reform, the humanitarian sector predominantly focuses on maintaining established structures with minimal actual change. The calls for reform are categorised into technocratic and participatory approaches. Technocratic reforms aim at increasing operational efficiency, whereas participatory efforts prioritise empowering local communities.
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