1-049 - The role of parenting in moral development

Session Type: Paper Session

Integrative Statement

Parents play a unique role as facilitators of children's and adolescents' prosocial behavior. In this session, three papers provide novel findings regarding the dynamic and interactive relationship between parents and their children regarding the onset and development of prosociality. In the first paper, a mixed-methods approach was used to investigate parents' reactions to children's spontaneous prosocial behavior. In the second paper, adolescents reported on their parents' prosociality; significant relations were found for adolescents’ own behavior. In the third paper, developmental changes in children's prosociality were investigated using an underrepresented sample (Turkish children). The studies reflect new avenues for research on the role of parents in children's moral development.

Sub Unit

• Moral Development

Chair

• Deborah Laible, Lehigh University

Individual Presentations

• Understanding Parental Reactions to Children’s Spontaneous Prosocial Behaviors: A Positive, Mixed-Methods Approach - Presenting Author: Alicia Bower, Berklee College of Music

• The Significance of Parental Prosociality in the Link between Parenting and Adolescent Empathy and Prosocial Behavior - Presenting Author: Mary B Lewis, Oakland University

• Trajectories of Young Turkish children’s prosocial behaviors: Type of prosocial behavior and parenting as moderators. - Presenting Author: Zehra Gulseven, University of Missouri, Columbia; Duane Rudy, University of Missouri; Gustavo Carlo, University of Missouri; Asiye Kumru, Ozyegin University; Bilge Selcuk, Koc University; Melike SAYIL, TED University