prosocial
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A large body of research shows that a strong connection to family is linked to higher prosocial behavior, stronger self-esteem and lower rates of substance use and delinquency among Latino youth.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
It concluded that reducing screen media "positively affected psychological symptoms of children and adolescents" and enhanced "prosocial behaviour", although added that further research was needed.
From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025
To call them weird, to banish them to the monstrous hinterlands, is to claw back the ability to define whether behavior is prosocial or antisocial, to determine what principles we should be conforming to.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2024
Scullin noted that experimentally increasing sleep improved these positive attributes, which are at the core of well-being and among the underpinnings of prosocial behaviors.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024
Joint music making promotes prosocial behavior in 4-year-old children.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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