Empathy, which is the ability to feel concern for and to understand others' feelings, is thought
to develop in high quality relationships with parent and peers, but also to facilitate the quality …

Empathy involves understanding and “feeling with” others' emotions, and is an essential
capacity underlying sensitive care in humans and other species. Evidence suggests that the …

The development and maintenance of prosocial, other-oriented behaviors has been of
considerable recent interest. Though it is clear that prosocial behaviors emerge early and …

In this meta-analysis we investigated differential associations between maternal and
paternal parenting behaviors (overcontrol, overprotection, overinvolvement, autonomy …

Adolescence is a distinct, yet transient, period of development between childhood and
adulthood characterized by increased experimentation and risk-taking, a tendency to …

Moral Development and Reality explores the nature of moral development, human behavior,
and social interconnections. The exploration elucidates the full range of moral development …

What role does socialization play in the origins of prosocial behavior? We examined one
potential socialization mechanism–parents' discourse about others' emotions with very …

The present observational study used hierarchical linear modeling to examine predictors of
children's social and self-regulatory outcomes in first-grade classrooms. Specifically, goals …

It is well documented that parents' behaviour and family norms exert a significant influence
on young people's pro-environmental attitudes and behaviour. But what is the role of …

The Handbook of Moral Development is the definitive source of theory and research on the
development of morality. Since the publication of the first edition, ground-breaking …