2009•Unpublished venueRequires access

The types and development of adolescents' prosocial behaviors online

Li Lei, MA Xiao-Hui

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The present study was designed to examine the characteristics and development of prosocial behaviors online of adolescents. Four hundred forty-seven adolescents were assessed 6 types of prosocial behaviors online through questionnaire. The results indicated that (1) adolescents' conducted lots of prosocial behaviors on the Internet; (2) adolescents reported dire prosocial behaviors online the most, followed by altruistic, emotional, anonymous, compliant, and public prosocial behaviors; (3) there was a significant main effect of gender on altruistic prosocial behaviors online, which girls scored higher than adolescent boys; (4) finally, prosocial behaviors online reduced with grade except dire.

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Key concepts: Prosocial behavior, Psychology, Developmental psychology, The Internet, Helping behavior, Social psychology, World Wide Web, Computer science