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The Role Of Emotional Reactivity, Self-Regulation, And Puberty In Adolescents' Prosocial Behaviors, Gustavo Carlo, Lisa J. Crockett, Jennifer M. Wolff, Sarah J. Beal

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

This study was designed to examine the roles of emotional reactivity, self-regulation, and pubertal timing in prosocial behaviors during adolescence. Participants were 850 sixth graders (50% female, Mean age = 11.03, SD = .17) who were followed up at age 15. In hierarchical regression models, measures of emotional reactivity, self-regulation, pubertal timing and their interactions were used to predict (concurrently and over time) adolescents’ prosocial behaviors in the home and with peers. Overall, the findings provide evidence for pubertal and temperament based predictors of prosocial behaviors expressed in different contexts. Self-regulation was positively related to both forms of prosocial behavior, …