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Title: Cultivating Child Prosocial Behavior in Dynamic Family Systems: The Distinct Role of Family Conflict and Parental Monitoring
Language: English
Authors: Rui Li (ORCID 0000-0001-9744-7965), Zong Meng (ORCID 0000-0002-8701-9366), Yueqin Hu (ORCID 0000-0002-5533-9277)
Source: International Journal of Behavioral Development. 2025 49(3):228-239.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 12
Publication Date: 2025
Sponsoring Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH) (DHHS)
Contract Number: U01DA041048
U01DA050989
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Children, Family Influence, Behavior Development, Child Development, Conflict, Parent Child Relationship, Family Characteristics, Family Environment
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Family Environment Scale
DOI: 10.1177/01650254251314772
ISSN: 0165-0254
1464-0651
Abstract: Childhood is a critical period for the development of prosocial behavior, and the family serves as a crucial microsystem for fostering prosocial behavior in children. Prior research has indicated that parental monitoring, a specific family factor directly targeting children, can predict children's prosocial behavior. However, the influence of the overall family climate on children's prosocial behavior remains unclear. This study focuses on different levels of family factors and examines the dynamic longitudinal effects of both parental monitoring and family conflict, simultaneously, on children's prosocial behavior. Three-wave data from 4,691 children (M[subscript baseline age] = 9.480, SD = 0.507; 48.2% female) in the ABCD database were analyzed. The results of the cross-lagged panel model revealed significant longitudinal mutual predictive relations among family conflict, parental monitoring, and children's prosocial behavior. After disentangling between-person associations, the findings from the random-intercept cross-lagged panel model showed that increasing parental monitoring consistently predicted future increases in child prosocial behavior from childhood to early adolescence, and reducing family conflict significantly predicted future increases in prosocial behavior during early adolescence. These findings underscore the importance of considering not only specific family factors that directly target the child, but also holistic family factors such as family conflict in shaping positive child development.
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Entry Date: 2025
Accession Number: EJ1471006
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