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Family Assistance Spills Over Into Prosocial Behaviors Toward Friends and Positive Academic Behaviors
Author(s) -
ArmstrongCarter Emma,
Telzer Eva H.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12629
Subject(s) - prosocial behavior , psychology , emotional support , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , social support , social psychology , psychotherapist
We investigate how daily family assistance predicts prosocial behaviors toward friends and positive academic behavior. Adolescents ( N = 375, 57% girls, M age = 14.57) completed diary checklists for 14 days, reporting whether they provided instrumental assistance or emotional support to family and friends, and their positive academic behaviors (e.g., studied). When adolescents provided emotional support to family, they were more likely to provide instrumental support to friends the next day. When adolescents provided emotional support to family, they were more likely to also provide emotional support to friends the next day, and vice versa (a bidirectional association). When adolescents provided instrumental support to the family, they were more likely to have at least one positive academic experience the next day.