Comparative Study On Prosocial Behavior And Empathy Of Students In Gong-du School And Normal Middle School

Prosocial behavior is described as the behavior which is conforming to the social expectation as well as helpful to others, groups or the society; Empathy is a alternative emotional response capability. This capability is a kind of emotional experience which is aroused by one's true feeling or the imaginations of another's emotional state and these feeling or imaginations are in accordance with another's emotional state. This study compares both the Prosocial behaviors and Empathy of students in Gong-du schools with the students in normal middle school by questionnaire survey and literature research. The purpose of this study include: First, investigates the developmental difference of prosocial behavior and empathy between the students in Gong-du schools and normal middle schools; Second, on that basis, the study investigates the prediction function of the empathy of the students in Gong-du schools to their prosocial behavior.The result shows that:1. Either in the whole or every dimension, the level of prosocial behavior of the students in Gong-du school is significantly lower than those students in normal middle school. The level of boys in Gong-du school is significantly lower than the boys in normal middle school. The trait prosocial behavior of girls in Gong-du school is similar with the girls in normal middle school, but in otherwise or the whole level is lower than normal girls. On the other hand, both in the whole and every dimension of the students in grade one and three in Gong-du school is significantly lower than the students in the same grade of normal middle school. The level of altruism prosocial behavior and trait prosocial behavior of the grade two students in Gong-du school is similar with the level of the students in the same grade in the normal middle school, but in the whole level of prosocial behavior, following rules and the level of development of public interest and relational the students in grade two of Gong-du school is significantly lower than the students in the same grade of normal middle school.2. Both in the whole level and every dimension, the level of empathy of students in Gong-du school is significantly lower than students in normal middle school and there is no differences based on sex between those schools. In the whole level and every dimension of the students in grade two and grade three of Gong-du school is significantly lower than the students in the same grades of normal middle school. To the students in grade one of Gong-du school is similar with the students in the same grade of normal middle school in both fantasy and personal distress, but in the whole level and the level both of perspective-taking and empathy concern of the students in grade one of Gong-du school is significantly lower than the students in the same grade of normal middle school.3. There is significant correlation between the dimension of empathy and the dimension of prosocial behaviors. By the further regression analysis, both of the perspective-taking and empathy concern make certain contribution in the equation of regression. But the level of fantasy and personal distress do not have apparent prediction function to the level of prosocial behaviors.