From cleaning up to helping out: parental socialization and children's early prosocial behavior

Infant Behav Dev. 2013 Dec;36(4):843-6. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2013.09.005. Epub 2013 Oct 18.

Abstract

Relations between parental socialization and infants' prosocial behavior were investigated in sixty three 18- and 30-month old children. Parents' socialization techniques (e.g., directives, negotiation, reasoning) differed for the two age groups, as did relations between socialization and different forms of emerging prosocial behavior (helping; sharing).

Keywords: Infancy; Prosocial behavior; Socialization.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child Behavior / psychology*
  • Child Rearing / psychology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Helping Behavior
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant Behavior / psychology*
  • Male
  • Parent-Child Relations*
  • Parents / psychology*
  • Socialization*