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Field name	Details
Nuova numerazione	75001
Collocazione	UPS BIBL CENTR 39-B-921
Autore	CAPRARA, G.V.
Titolo	Why and how to promote adolescents’ prosocial behaviors : direct, mediated and moderated effects of the CEPIDEA school-based program. Parte componente di periodico
Descrizione fisica	pp. 2211-2229
Nota generale	Estratto da: Journal of youth and adolescence 2015, 44, 12
Riassunto	Prosocial behaviors are considered integral to intervention goals that seek to promote successful youth development. This study examines the effect of a schoolbased intervention program entirely designed to promote prosocial behaviors called Promoting Prosocial and Emotional Skills to Counteract Externalizing Problems in Adolescence (Italian acronym CEPIDEA). The CEPIDEA curriculum was incorporated into routine educational practices and included five major components that reflect the personal determinants of prosocial behavior during adolescence. The present study assessed 151 students (48.7 % female; Mage = 12.4) of the intervention school and 140 students (51.2 % female; Mage = 13.0) of the control school at three points. A multi-group latent curve analysis revealed that the intervention group, compared with the control group, showed an increase in prosocial behavior, interpersonal self-efficacy beliefs, and agreeableness along with a decrease in physical aggression above and beyond the normative developmental trend of the these variables. Participants of the intervention also obtained higher grades than the control group at the end of middle school. Moderation effects for prosocial behavior and agreeableness evidenced that those who benefited most from the intervention were those adolescents with lower normative development of prosocial behavior, low initial level of agreeableness, and high initial level of physical aggression. The results also showed that the increase of prosocial behaviors mediated the decline of verbal aggression in adolescents who had attended the intervention. These findings suggest that interventions aimed at promoting prosocial behaviors while having the potential to support positive outcomes may also counteract or redirect negative trajectories of functioning.
Tipo di documento	RICERCA.
Soggetto	COMPORTAMENTO SOCIALE.
	ITALIA.
	CILE.
	CANADA.
	ADOLESCENTI.
	STUDENTI.
	COMUNICAZIONE.
Ambito	Psicologico
Autore Secondario	LUENGO KANACRI, B.P.
	ZUFFIANO, A.
	GERBINO, M.
	PATORELLI, C.
Titolo correlato	Journal of youth and adolescence 2015, 44, 12
Accesso online	http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eue&AN=110814061&lang=it&site=ehost-live

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Why and how to promote adolescents’ prosocial behaviors : direct, mediated and moderated effects of the CEPIDEA school-based program.