Learning to care: An in-school humane education program improves affective and cognitive empathy among lower-elementary students
Empathy is associated with prosociality and beneficial outcomes across the lifespan. We investigated the ability a school-based program with animal-based content to affect elementary students' empathic development through a randomized control trial conducted over one academic year with ∼600 fir...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-12-01
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Series: | International Journal of Educational Research Open |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666374023000675 |