APS
31st APS Annual Convention · 2019
Are Teens Who Grow up in Diverse Neighborhoods More Likely to Exhibit Greater Prosocial Behavior?
- Regan Carroll
Sacred Heart Academy - Stephen Sullivan
Sacred Heart Academy
Abstract
Freshman and seniors from a single-sex school answered questions to test the hypothesis that girls raised in more diverse neighborhoods express more prosocial attitudes and engage in more prosocial behaviors. Only ninth grade EuroAmericans were influenced by area of residence, and only prosocial attitudes were significantly impacted, not prosocial behaviors.
Adolescent