Fostering positive changes in health and social relationships in children

Several studies have demonstrated that altruism and gratitude may confer beneficial effects on psychophysical wellbeing. The present chapter describes how positive changes in health and social relationships can be fostered in 6- to 9-year-old chil-dren when participating in positive interventions. T...

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Autores principales:	Lozada, Mariana, Carro, Natalia, Kapelmayer, Marcela, Kelmanowicz, Viviana, Czar, Andrea, D'Adamo, Paola
Otros Autores:	Proctor, Carmel
Formato:	parte de libro bookPart acceptedVersion
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	Universidad Nacional del Comahue 2017
Materias:	Altruism Gratitude Empathic concern Compassion Cooperation Embodiment Ciencias Sociales Ciencias de la Educación Ciencias Biomédicas
Acceso en línea:	http://rdi.uncoma.edu.ar/handle/uncomaid/15416 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-51787-2
Aporte de:	Repositorio Institucional UNCo de Universidad Nacional del Comahue

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spellingShingle	Altruism Gratitude Empathic concern Compassion Cooperation Embodiment Ciencias Sociales Ciencias de la Educación Ciencias Biomédicas Lozada, Mariana Carro, Natalia Kapelmayer, Marcela Kelmanowicz, Viviana Czar, Andrea D'Adamo, Paola Fostering positive changes in health and social relationships in children
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description	Several studies have demonstrated that altruism and gratitude may confer beneficial effects on psychophysical wellbeing. The present chapter describes how positive changes in health and social relationships can be fostered in 6- to 9-year-old chil-dren when participating in positive interventions. The findings show that the experi-ence of working with others to attain shared goals and focusing on gratefulness posi-tively modulated altruism and social interactions among peers, highlighting the great behavioural plasticity of children. Moreover, interventions involving coopera-tive playing not only increased positive relationships but also contributed to a de-crease in chronic stress levels. The positive outcomes of participating in the de-scribed interventions were assessed by means of quantitative methods, such as phys-iological parameters, sociometric measures and tests of altruism, the use of which, to our knowledge, has not been thoroughly explored in children. The present find-ings tie in well with the hypothesis that altruism is an embodied and situated human resource, which can convey intrinsic benefits. Furthermore, results from the studies mentioned indicate that positive transformations can be easily fostered through the performance of this type of intervention. Given that schools provide a stimulating environment that significantly influences children’s development, our findings high-light the benefits of working in this way to promote positivity in formal educational contexts, which could certainly contribute to the enhancement of individual and social wellbeing.
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author_facet	Proctor, Carmel Lozada, Mariana Carro, Natalia Kapelmayer, Marcela Kelmanowicz, Viviana Czar, Andrea D'Adamo, Paola
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title	Fostering positive changes in health and social relationships in children
title_short	Fostering positive changes in health and social relationships in children
title_full	Fostering positive changes in health and social relationships in children
title_fullStr	Fostering positive changes in health and social relationships in children
title_full_unstemmed	Fostering positive changes in health and social relationships in children
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publisher	Universidad Nacional del Comahue
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url	http://rdi.uncoma.edu.ar/handle/uncomaid/15416 https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-51787-2
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Fostering positive changes in health and social relationships in children

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