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Development of concern for others.
Abstract
The development of prosocial and reparative bebaviors was investigated by examining children's responses to distresses they caused and those they witnessed in others during the 2nd year of life. Prosocial behaviors (help, sharing, provision of comfort) emerged between the ages of 1 and 2, increasing in frequency and variety over this time period. These behaviors were linked to expressions of concern as well as efforts to understand and experience the other's plight. Children's reparative behaviors after they had caused distress also increased with age. Age changes in these early signs of moral development were accompanied by social-cognitive changes in self-recognition. In assessments at age 2, children were most responsive to distress in their mothers but also showed some sensitivity toward unfamiliar persons
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- Authors
- Zahn-Waxler, C., Radke-Yarrow, M., Wagner, E., & Chapman, M.
- ORCID
- Wagner, Elizabeth
- Venue
- Developmental Psychology
- Published
- 1992-01
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 126-136
- ISSN
- 0012-1649 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-0599
- OpenAlex
- W2010606127
- Cited by
- 1,314
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 17 · 2025: 30 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 54 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 58 · 2020: 109 · 2019: 84 · 2018: 51 · 2017: 68 · 2016: 66 · 2015: 52 · 2014: 57 · 2013: 61 · 2012: 60
- FWCI
- 14.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Developmental Psychology (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Keywords
- prosocial behavior, concern for others, moral development, toddlers, empathy, self-recognition, social cognition, helping behavior, sharing, comfort behavior, maternal attachment, age differences
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