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Parent and peer relation to prosocial behavior and aggression study results/discussion

  • Warmth from the mother is associated with greater peer attachment and strict control from the father is not associated with promoting peer attachment (which confirms previous literature on the subject)
  • Having 1+ friends (in wave 1) related to prosocial behavior 1 year later (in wave 2) which was correlated with prosocial behavior in wave 3 (in wave 3)
  • Participants who perceived more support from their parents had more prosocial behavior 1 year later
  • “Surprisingly, there was a positive relation between father strict control and prosocial behavior” -this result is confusing because father strict control leads to an increase in prosocial behavior and aggression -Parent support is a more consistent predictor of prosocial behavior
  • Parental control led to more aggressive behavior (but it didn’t necessarily hold for later aggression tested in later waves)
  • The mother’s warmth had an immediate effect with the father’s warmth only had an effect later on
  • Prosocial behavior stayed consistent in the study-social processes might have been reinforcing later prosocial behavior
  • Aggression decreased as they tested each wave
  • Girls exhibited more prosocial behavior while boys exhibited more aggressive behavior (should be taken with a grain of salt because it was self-reported)
  • Peer attachment was significantly correlated with prosocial behavior at all 3 waves (perhaps because having friendships teaches children to understand others’ motivations and how they might be different from their own)
  • Boys perceived greater control from their mothers and girls perceived greater control from their fathers-”thus, adolescents perceived that their relationships with their mothers were similar to their relationships with their fathers”
  • This study shows the importance of parenting style (not just peer attachment) for prosocial behavior development
  • Parents are still very important in their children’s lives-interventions targeted at aggression “should be designed considering the importance of stimulating and strengthening prosocial behavior, peer attachment and a family environment of affect, support and communication”
  • Interventions for reducing aggression should also focus on improving the social environment and relationship with peers which ultimately might lead to increased prosocial behavior

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Updated 2021-04-28

Contributors are:

Jessica Steir
Jessica Steir
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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
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