A Program to Promote Interpersonal Consideration and Cooperation in Children
A Program to Promote Interpersonal Consideration and Cooperation in Children
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促进儿童人际交往与合作的计划
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4899-3650-9_14
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发表时间:
1985
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通讯作者:
Wendy L. Ritchey
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作者:
D. Solomon;M. Watson;V. Battistich;E. Schaps;Patricia Tuck;J. Solomon;C. Cooper;Wendy L. Ritchey
This chapter describes a project whose purpose is to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive school-and horne-based program to enhance prosocial tendencies in young children. This project (called the Child Development Project) was initiated in response to what we see as some critical problems in contemporary society: inadequate levels of social responsibility and cancern for others' welfare, accorn-panied by excessive self-centeredness and social alienation. 1 These phenomena may be reflected in such recent trends as increasing vandalism, violence, delinquency, and school discipline problems. Although there are undoubtedly multiple determinants of these trends, the project is guided by the assumption that they can be effectively ameliorated through strengthening children's tendencies to behave in more socially positive ways. The aim is to encaurage children to be concerned about and responsive to the needs of others, without at the same time inappropriately sacrificing their own legitimate needs and interests. Social science research has identified several processes that can help to increase social concern and responsibility and to decrease selfishness and aggression. The project has drawn heavily on these findings in developing both its intervention program and its assessment strategies. However, it expands on previous attempts to apply this knowledge in" real-world" settings, both in the duration and comprehensiveness of