The Effect of Prosocial Intervention on Friendship and Empathy in Preschool Children

유아를 위한 친사회적 프로그램이 유아의 우정개념과 공감능력에 미치는 영향

This study investigated the effect of a prosocial intervention program on the friendship and empathy of preschool children. Half of the 50 five-year-old subjects were randomly assigned to the experimental group and half to the control group. Children in the experimental group experienced 16 units of activity in the prosocial intervention program. After treatment, the 2 groups were tested with the affective Situation Test and the development of conceptions of friendship. Data were analyzed by ANOVA. There were significant differences in empathy and friendship between the experimental and control groups but not between boys and girls.