Empathy and nonattachment independently predict peer nominations of prosocial behaviour of adolescents

Empathy and nonattachment independently predict peer nominations of prosocial behaviour of adolescents

There is a plethora of research showing that empathy promotes prosocial behaviour among young people. We examined a relatively new construct in the mindfulness literature, nonattachment, defined as a flexible way of relating to one’s experiences without clinging to or suppressing them. We tested whe...

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Main Authors: Baljinder K Sahdra, Joseph eCiarrochi, Philip D. Parker, Sarah eMarshall, Patrick eHeaven
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Empathy
prosocial behaviour
Peer nominations
Nonattachment
Multilevel Poisson Modeling
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00263/full

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