Belonging contributes to compassion: A longitudinal study of middle school students' prosocial competencies

IF 2.2 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-07-01 DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101834

Allison Rae Ward-Seidel , Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman , Bethany A. Bell , Lia E. Sandilos

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Abstract

Crucial skills for early adolescents to develop include respecting people from different backgrounds, showing empathy and compassion, and making ethical decisions in challenging situations. This exploratory study aims to understand the extent to which students' perceptions of teacher caring and belonging related to changes in their self-reported prosocial competencies (i.e., cultural respect, empathy, compassion, integrity)? We conducted a multilevel longitudinal analysis with diverse sample of early adolescents from nine schools in four U.S. cities in their first two years of middle school (n = 186; M_age = 10.91 years). Results indicate that school experiences are correlated with prosocial competencies at the beginning of middle school. Yet only sense of belonging in the school community was positively associated with the rate of development of compassion over two years of middle school. Implications for promoting school conditions that support students' development of prosocial competencies are discussed.

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归属感促进同情：中学生亲社会能力的纵向研究

早期青少年需要发展的关键技能包括尊重来自不同背景的人，表现出同理心和同情心，以及在具有挑战性的情况下做出道德决定。本探索性研究旨在了解学生对教师关怀和归属感的感知在多大程度上与他们自我报告的亲社会能力（即文化尊重、同理心、同情心、诚信）的变化相关？我们对来自美国四个城市的九所学校的初中生进行了多层次的纵向分析(n = 186；法师= 10.91年)。结果表明，初中生的学校经历与亲社会能力存在显著的相关关系。然而，在中学的两年里，只有学校社区的归属感与同情心的发展速度呈正相关。本文还讨论了促进支持学生亲社会能力发展的学校条件的含义。

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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.