Title: "Adolescents' Perceptions of Mothers' and Fathers' Prosocial Actions and Empathic Responses."
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Publication: YOUTH AND SOCIETY 22/3 (1991):
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McDevitt, T. M.;
Lennon, R.;
Kopriva, R. J.
Date: (1991)
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McDevitt, T. M.; Lennon, R.; and Kopriva, R. J. "Adolescents' Perceptions of Mothers' and Fathers' Prosocial Actions and Empathic Responses." YOUTH AND SOCIETY 22/3 (1991):
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Reviewed in Meta-study (COTTON)*
Looks at adolescents' views regarding their parents' encouragement of prosocial and empathic behavior in relation to those adolescents' scores on measures of prosocial behavior and empathy. Children of highly prosocial/empathic parents were themselves more prosocial/empathic than other adolescents. (COTTON)*
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