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Reciprocal relations among self-efficacy beliefs and prosociality across time.
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The present study examined the longitudinal relations between individuals' prosociality and their self-efficacy beliefs in regard to emotional regulation and responding empathically to others' needs. The participants were 244 females and 222 males with a mean age of 17 years (SD=1.5) at T1, 19 years (SD=1.4) at T2, and 21 years (SD=1.6) at T3. The findings corroborated the posited paths of relations assigning empathic self-efficacy a major role in predicting the level of individuals' prosociality. Empathic self-efficacy beliefs mediated the relations of regulative emotional self-efficacy beliefs to prosocial tendencies such as caring, sharing, helping, and empathic concern toward others. The posited conceptual model accounted for a significant portion of variance in prosociality and has implications for interventions designed to promote and sustain prosociality.
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Author/s: Alessandri, Guido (G); Caprara, Gian Vittorio (GV); Eisenberg, Nancy (N); Steca, Patrizia (P);
Affiliation: Psychology Department, Sapienza, University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy. guido.alessandri(-atsign-)uniroma1.it
Grants: R01 MH060838-07 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS) ; R01 MH060838-08 (Agency:NIMH NIH HHS)
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Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Journal of personality (J Pers), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2009-Aug; vol 77 (issue 4) : pp 1229-59
Dates: Created 2009/07/14; Completed 2009/10/02; Revised 2009/11/04;
PMID: 19558437, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/5/2009, IMS Date: )
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