Assessing children's perceptions of prosocial and antisocial peer behaviour

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What categories of behaviour did the researchers identify?

The researchers worked from four categories of prosocial behaviour and four categories of antisocial behaviour, which they derived from previous research into children's experiences. The categories were:

Prosocial
Sharing         - sharing possessions, giving gifts;
Helping         - physical or practical help, for example with schoolwork, or after an accident;
Caring          - psychological support, sympathy or comfort, empathy, loyalty; and
Inclusion       - befriending, making someone welcome, preventing isolation by playing with them.

Antisocial
Verbal abuse    - ridicule, threats, aggressive gestures, dirty looks;
Physical abuse - hitting, kicking, tripping, spitting, throwing things, intent to cause injury;
Rejection          - ganging up on or excluding someone, stealing friends; and
Delinquency     - stealing possessions, vandalism, extortion.

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