Parasympathetic regulation and support from family and friends predict prosocial development in U.S. Mexican-origin adolescents.

ABSTRACT: Both parasympathetic nervous system regulation and receipt of social support from close relationships contribute to prosocial development, although few studies have examined their combined influences in adolescence and particularly within racially and ethnically minoritized populations. In this longitudinal study of 229 U.S. Mexican-origin adolescents (48% female-identifying), youths reported on receipt of social support from family and friends from 10 to 16 years, had their baseline respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) measured at 17 years, reported their prosocial behavior and completed the Mind in the Eyes test to assess cognitive empathy at 17 and 19 years, and reported their prosocial civic behavior (i.e., community activity) at 19 years. Family social support predicted prosocial behavi

SUBMITTER: Hastings PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11955162 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature