The social values of aggressive–prosocial youth
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Recent research has identified youth who utilize both aggressive and prosocial behavior with peers. Although the social values and motivations associated with aggression and prosocial behavior have been well studied, the values of youth who utilize both aggression and prosocial behavior are unknown. The current study identified groups of adolescents based on peer nominations of aggression and prosocial behavior from both Israel (n = 569; 56.94% Arab, 43.06% Jewish; 53.78% female) and the United States (n = 342; 67.54% African-American; 32.46% European-American; 50.88% female). Self-enhancement, self-transcendence, openness-to-change, and conservation values predicted behavioral group membership. Power values predicted membership in the aggressive group relative to the aggressive-prosocial, prosocial, and low-both groups. For Israeli boys, openness-to-change values predicted membership in the aggressive-prosocial group relative to the prosocial group. The values of aggressive-prosocial youth were more similar to the values of prosocial peers than to aggressive peers, suggesting that motivational interventions for aggressive-prosocial youth should differ in important ways than those for aggressive youth.
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Contrary to previous peer-nomination studies, no evidence for mainly aggressive or mainly prosocial groups was found.
“Contrary to previous works that looked for profiles using peer-nomination to collect data (e.g., Berger et al., 2015 ; Hartl et al., 2019 ; McDonald et al., 2015 ), no evidence for mainly aggressive 1 or mainly prosocial groups was found.”
From A latent profile analysis of aggression and prosocial behavior in relation to adolescent wellbeing (2025) · cites this paper as McDonald et al., 2015
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“…on individual motives to pursue either aggressive, prosocial or bistrategic social behaviors, namely based on internalized norms on how popularity may be achieved ( Laninga-Wijnen et al., 2020) and about what the individual wants to obtain from interacting with others (McDonald et al., 2015).”
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- Authors
- McDonald, K. L., Benish-Weisman, M., O’Brien, C. T., & Ungvary, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Alabama (US)
- Corresponding author
- McDonald, Kristina L.
- Venue
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Published
- 2015-01-06
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2245-2256
- ISSN
- 0047-2891 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6601
- OpenAlex
- W2110272190
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 3.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Youth and Adolescence (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Jacobs Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
- Keywords
- aggression, prosocial behavior, social values, self-enhancement, self-transcendence, openness to change, power values, conservation value, peer nominations, adolescents, cross-cultural comparison, Israel, United States
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Aggression, Cross-Sectional Studies, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Female, Humans, Israel, Male, Peer Group, Social Behavior, Social Values, United States, Self Report
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