Prosocial Behavior

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem 3

1.3 Significance of Study 5

1.4 Research Objective 5

1.5 Hypotheses 7

1.6 Terminology Definition 8

1.7 Limitation of the Study 10

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 11

2.1 Family Strength 11

2.2 Relationship between Personal Characteristic and Family Strength 11

2.3 Relationship between Family Characteristic and Family Strength 11

2.4 Prosocial Behavior 14

2.5 Relationship between Personal Characteristic and Prosocial Behavior 14

2.6 Relationship between Family Characteristic and Prosocial Behavior 16

2.7 Relationship between Family Strength and Prosocial Behavior 17

2.8 Summary 17

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY 18

3.1 Research Designs 18

3.2 Study Location 19

3.3 Population and Sample Selection 20

3.4 Instrumentation 22

3.5 Data Collection 23

3.6 Data Analysis 25

REFERENCES 27

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Introduction

Over the last decade, prosocial behavior becomes increasingly importance in the social context. Prosocial behavior is influenced by the family strength. Based on Bronfenbrenner’s (1992) Ecological System Theory, prosocial is divide into two major factors that is contextual (family and friends) and personal (personal characteristic and sex). Therefore, personal and family characteristic will contribute to family strength and adolescents’ prosocial behavior. Family process which includes of family caring and connectedness is correlated with prosocial behavior involvement of adolescence (Resnick, Harris, & Blum, 1993). In addition, the quality of parental attachment within child will contribute to the type and frequency of adolescents’ prosocial behavior (Eberly & Montemayor, 1999). In fact, prosocial behavior is one of the actions that made with the intention of benefiting others (Eisenberg & Fabes, 1998). The issues of prosocial behavior becomes more frequently as the growing population increases. In Malaysia, the population of...