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Two Sides of the Same Coin? The Relations between Prosocial and Physically Aggressive Behaviors

Auteurs: Meredith McGinley, Gustavo Carlo

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 3/2007

Abstract

The direct and indirect relations between six types of prosocial behavior and physical aggression were examined. Data were gathered from 252 college students (M age = 21.67 years; 184 women) who completed measures of sympathy, prosocial behavior, and physical aggression. Structural equation modeling revealed that sympathy fully mediated the relations between compliant prosocial behaviors and physical aggression, and partially mediated the relations between altruism and physical aggression and public prosocial behaviors and physical aggression. The findings suggest that the relations between prosocial behaviors and aggression are complex and that prosocial behavior should not be treated as a unitary construct.

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Titel: Two Sides of the Same Coin? The Relations between Prosocial and Physically Aggressive Behaviors
Auteurs: Meredith McGinley
Gustavo Carlo
Publicatiedatum: 01-04-2007
Uitgeverij: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 3/2007
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-006-9095-9

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