@article{ref1,
title="Longitudinal relations between prosocial television content and adolescents' prosocial and aggressive behavior: the mediating role of empathic concern and self-regulation",
journal="Developmental psychology",
year="2015",
author="Padilla-Walker, Laura M. and Coyne, Sarah M. and Collier, Kevin M. and Nielson, Matthew G.",
volume="51",
number="9",
pages="1317-1328",
abstract="The current study examined longitudinal cross-lagged associations between prosocial TV (content and time) and prosocial and aggressive behavior during adolescence, and explored the mediating role of empathic concern and self-regulation. Participants were 441 adolescents who reported on their 3 favorite TV shows at 2 time points, approximately 2 years apart (M age of child at Time 3 = 13.31, SD = 1.06; 52% female; M age of child at Time 5 = 15.27, SD = 1.06). <br><br>RESULTS suggested that prosocial content at Time 3 was negatively associated with aggressive behavior 2 years later, and aggressive behavior at Time 3 was positively associated with aggressive content 2 years later. <br><br>RESULTS also suggested that prosocial behavior toward strangers at Time 3 was associated with both empathic concern and self-regulation at Time 4, which were in turn associated with prosocial and aggressive content at Time 5. <br><br>DISCUSSION focuses on the important role of behavior and prosocial personality on media selection during adolescence and the relevance of the target of prosocial behavior. (PsycINFO Database Record<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0012-1649",
doi="10.1037/a0039488",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0039488"
}