Learning Resources

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Required Readings

Prosocial

Damon, W. (2004). What is positive youth development? Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 591, 13–24.
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Eisenberg, N., Spinrad, T. L., & Knafo-Noam, A. (2015). Prosocial development. In M. E. Lamb (Vol. Ed.) & R. M. Lerner (Series Ed.), Handbook of child psychology and developmental science: Vol. 3. Socioemotional processes (7th ed., pp. 610–656). New York, NY: Wiley.

Noorden, T. H. van, Haselager, G. J., Cillessen, A. H., & Bukowski, W. M. (2015). Empathy and involvement in bullying in children and adolescents: A systematic review. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 44(3), 637–657. doi: 10.1007/s10964-014-0135-6
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Antisocial

Fagan, A. A., & Benedini, K. M. (2016). How do family-focused prevention programs work? A review of mediating mechanisms associated with reductions in youth antisocial behaviors. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 19(4), 285–309. doi: 10.1007/s10567-016-0207-0
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Kidwell, S. L., Young, M. E., Hinkle, L. D., Ratliff, A. D., Marcum, M. E., & Martin, C. N. (2010). Emotional competence and behavior problems: Differences across Preschool Assessment of Attachment classifications. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 15, 391–406. doi: 10.1177/1359104510367589
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Answer preview

Peer pressure is a force that influences adolescents and emerging adults in a social circle to behave in a certain way. In this case, individuals in peer groups encourage each other to change their values and attitudes to those that conform to the social circle’s norms. The gender, age, and the cultural background are some of the factors that influence the aspect of peer pressure. The impacts of peer pressure can be positive or negative whereby they may encourage prosocial behaviors or antisocial behaviors depending on the choices that the individuals make…

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