Profile of Prosocial Behaviors of Institutionalized Children at a School Yard

Abstract: Prosocial behavior refers to actions directed to the welfare of the others and it is influenced by physical and social aspects of the environment. This study objected to investigate chiefly the occurrences of care behavior among institutionalized children. Four boys and one girl took part in this study, with ages between four and six years old, who were observed in the yard of the school. A total of ten sessions of twenty-five-minute were recorded for each focal subject, summing 250 minutes of recordings. At total, 26 behavioral events which denoted care with the others were identified and organized into the following categories: Helping, Care-taking playing, Establishing affectionate contact, and Entertaining. The results indicate that while participants are at the school yard, the most demonstrated behavior subcategory involves cooperation attitudes (Helping subcategory). The data also show that male focal subjects who were older than five years old and were at school for less th.... https://interpersona.psychopen.eu/index.php/interpersona/article/view/3487

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Profile of Prosocial Behaviors of Institutionalized Children at a School Yard ; volume:10 ; day:15 ; month:11 ; year:2016 ; Interpersona ; 10 (15.11.2016)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Débora Lisboa Costa ; Lília Iêda Chaves Cavalcante ; Bianca Reis Fonseca

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ijpr.v10isupp1.242
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101418433661391713
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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