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Friday, 4:40 PM - 6:10 PM

Youth's Prosocial Development in Three Ecoculturally Diverse Contexts

Across the globe, youth thrive while living in diverse ecocultural conditions, be they proximal or distal. This symposium aims to demonstrate the unique challenges and opportunities youth face in their local environment and how they develop a range of prosocial competencies to adapt and thrive. Adopting a sociocultural lens, three studies conducted in rural China, urban France, and the United States highlighted youth’s different forms of prosocial behaviors and their antecedents and outcomes. Children from a rural village in China support their families by taking on household responsibilities and endorsing caregivers’ support, especially when families are faced with parental migration. French youth demonstrated high levels of caring, helping behaviors, and cognitive empathy when their family context is characterized by high levels of positive and low levels of negative behaviors. Asian and Black youth from the U.S. readily act to promote societal justice when they embrace social justice values and care for others’ urgent needs. The scholars utilized modes of methods (e.g., interview, video recording, and survey) and different analytical strategies (e.g., observational, thematic analysis, latent profile analysis, and path analysis) to demonstrate positive development outcomes aligned with local affordances and constraints, underscoring the interplay between cultural dynamics and human development.

Paper #1
Title	Caregivers Socialization of Children’s Contribution to Household Responsibilities and Children’s Wellness in Rural China
Presenting author	Xue Jiang, Ph.D., Purdue University, United States

Paper #2
Title	Parenting Styles and Prosocial Behaviors Profiles and Their Links to Adolescents’ Socioemotional Traits and Behaviors
Presenting author	Alexia Carrizales, Purdue University, United States

Paper #3
Title	Prosocial Behaviors, Civic Values and Engagement in U.S. Black And Asian Young Adults
Presenting author	Marixza Torres, University of California - Irvine, United States

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Session chair
Xue Jiang, Ph.D., Purdue University, United States

Discussant
Jennifer E. Lansford, Ph.D., Duke University, United States

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