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The Relations of Children's Dispositional Prosocial Behavior to Emotionality, Regulation, and Social Functioning
Author(s) -
Eisenberg Nancy,
Fabes Richard A.,
Karbon Mariss,
Murphy Bridget C.,
Wosinski Marek,
Polazzi Lorena,
Carlo Gustavo,
Juhnke Candy
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01777.x
Subject(s) - prosocial behavior , psychology , emotionality , developmental psychology , reputation , social psychology , constructive , social relation , social science , process (computing) , sociology , computer science , operating system
The purpose of this study was to examine the relations of a measure of children's dispositional prosocial behavior (i.e., peer nominations) to individual differences in children's negative emotionality, regulation, and social functioning. Children with prosocial reputations tended to be high in constructive social skills (i.e., socially appropriate behavior and constructive coping) and attentional regulation, and low in negative emotionality. The relations of children's negative emotionality to prosocial reputation were moderated by level of dispositional attentional regulation. In addition, the relations of prosocial reputation to constructive social skills and parent‐reported negative emotionality (for girls) increased with age. Vagal tone, a marker of physiological regulation, was negatively related to girls' prosocial reputation.