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Effect of Choice of Family Activities on Prosocial Behavior in Preschool Children
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Abstract
This study through the review of literature found that many articles are mainly about the importance of parents for children's daily life, they did not introduce the choice of family activities for preschool children pro-social behavior. Therefore, the study examine the choice of preschool children family activities questionnaire analysis. The 241 valid questionnaires were collected through the Pearson correlation analysis. Results reveal that outdoor activities, parent-child yoga/gymnastics, healthy diet education, regular physical examinations and hygiene habits cultivation, parent-child reading, role-playing, games, singing and nursery rhymes, visiting art exhibitions or cultural activities, encouraging children's free creation, scientific experiments, painting and handicrafts, visiting museums and science galleries, and watching science and art related videos have a positive correlation with the prosocial behavior of preschool children. Therefore, preschool children can choose daily activities around five fields, through reading, outdoor sports, science museum, etc
Keywords
Preschool children, household activity, prosocial behavior
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Hu,J. (2025).Effect of Choice of Family Activities on Prosocial Behavior in Preschool Children.Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,81,42-48.
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