AFFINITY groupsSEX distributionPSYCHOLOGICAL adaptationDESCRIPTIVE statisticsTEENAGERS' conduct of lifeLONGITUDINAL methodWhile the influence of high-status peers on maladaptive behaviors is well-documented, socialization processes of prosocial behavior through high-status peers remain understudied. This study ...
During this program, I was able to partake in a course focused on cultural competency in dental health care. This aided me in gaining a better understanding of some barriers I may face, which included barriers within being a minority health professional, and barriers within caring for disadvantag...
Because we estimate our models for 2 outcomes and test for associations with 3 nonparametric preference measures over 3 groups (full sample, women and men), we face a multiple hypothesis testing problem where the probability of a Type 1 error increases as more hypotheses are checked. To control...
One suggestion is that spanking is seen as culturally normal by black children. Since it is the norm for almost all ethnic groups, this is a dubious explanation. An alternative explanation is that among African-American families, the lack of physical punishment may indicate an abdication of the ...
- undergoes late development in teenagers (& changes as we get older) - emotion regulation & generation - action control - memory - economic decision making the role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) Lockwood et al. (2024)
This doctoral thesis is about two fundamental objectives: firstly, It tends to evaluate the main differences between the level of prosocial-altruistic behaviour of children and teenagers joining as a members of an NGO such as the Scout Movement and those who don't belong to this Movement. This...
In fact, helping others may be more intrinsically rewarding than gaining a reward for oneself. Behavioral and neural evidence reveal that teenagers and adults place a greater subjective value on prosociality insofar as they are willing to incur a personal cost (earning less money themselves) to ...
Its prevalence was summarized in a recent meta-analysis to 15% for cyberbullying victimization, and to 16% for cyberbullying perpetration (Modecki, Minchin, Harbaugh, Guerra, & Runions, 2014). Most studies on cyberbullying have been conducted among teenagers, and show a peak in prevalence ...
That is, parental psychological control decreases self-efficacy, leading to negative effects on teenagers’ prosocial behavior. In addition, we found that gender moderated the association between self-efficacy and children’s prosocial behavior. The study reveals that girls report higher levels of ...