The study of prosocial behaviors—actions that benefit others—continues to evolve in
sophisticated ways. Such actions are important for understanding moral development, as …

Social competence refers to the ability to engage in meaningful interactions with others. It is
a crucial skill potentially malleable to interventions. Nevertheless, it remains difficult to select …

Widespread access to digital and social media has drastically altered the nature of youth's
interpersonal connections. In this context, the opportunities children and adolescents have …

Acting prosocially and feeling socially included are important factors for developing social
relations. However, little is known about the development of neural trajectories of prosocial …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant changes to adolescents'
daily lives and, potentially, to their mental health. The pandemic has also disproportionately …

Abstract Introduction Couched in Positive Youth Development (PYD) theory and relevant
empirical work, this study investigated bidirectional associations between intentional self …

This article discusses insights from computational models and social neuroscience into
motivations, precursors, and mechanisms of altruistic decision‐making and other‐regard …

Positive aspects of adolescent development recently have raised researchers' interests;
however, studies examining reciprocal links between prosocial behavior, social preference …

This meta-analytic review examined the effectiveness of the interventions for promoting
adolescents' prosocial behavior, and aimed to explain variability in the effectiveness. Thirty …

Volunteer work among early adolescents has been largely neglected as a research topic.
This study examines the influence parents have on their children's volunteer activities when …