| dc.contributor.author | Flavia Cirimele, Concetta Pastorelli, Marc H Bornstein, Antonio Zuffianò, Chiara Remondi, Maria Gerbino, Dario Bacchini, Laura Di Giunta, Paul Oburu, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Laurence Steinberg, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al-Hassan, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Kenneth A Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Daranee Junla, Jennifer E Lansford | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-07-23T13:59:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-07-23T13:59:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-05-02 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6340 | |
| dc.description | Applied Developmental Science.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10888691.2025.2498747 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The present study explored the bidirectional longitudinal associations between prosocial
behavior and school performance during adolescence in six countries (Colombia, Italy,
Jordan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the United States). A total sample of 884 adolescents
(T1: Mage ¼10.34years, SD¼0.69) reported their prosocial behavior, while adolescents’
mothers (N¼871) and fathers (N¼773) reported their children’s school performance over
three-time points covering the transition to adolescence (from ages 10 to 16). A Random-
Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Model, controlling for countries’ Human Development Index,
child gender, and family SES, showed that adolescents with high levels of prosocial behavior
also have high school performance on a stable basis over time. Moreover, being more pro
social than usual is positively associated with higher-than-expected school performance at
each time point. The implications of the interplay between prosocial behavior and school
performance during the transition to adolescence in multicultural contexts are discussed. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This research was funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Development grant RO1-HD054805. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Routledge | en_US |
| dc.title | Prosocial behavior and school performance in the transition to adolescence: A multicultural study | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
