Empathy and creativity as foundations and predictors of how prosocial behavior develops in preschool age children

Abstract The emergence of prosocial tendencies in early childhood is still not well understood and not commonly tested with direct measures. This study investigated predictors of prosocial behavior (i.e., prosocial decision-making and prosocial creativity) in 3-to-5-year-old children and explored th...

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Published in:International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy
Main Authors: Nahide Gungordu, Maria Hernandez-Reif, David I. Walker, Stefanie A. Wind
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2025-06-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40723-025-00147-0