Prosocial Project
This is an overview of the Prosocial Project run by our team at the DRRU. For more information, please find a link to the Prosocial Project website at the end of this page.
In the Prosocial Project, we are exploring how teenagers process positive social signals – such as happy faces and laughter – and how this processing relates to behaviour. We also want to look at whether promoting sensitivity to positive social signals via a gamified intervention helps to promote prosocial behaviour in children who present with more challenging behaviours at school. If this project is successful, we hope that this game can eventually become part of schools’ behaviour management packages in a way that is sustainable and does not require additional resources.
To read more about the prosocial project and how you can get involved, head over to our website: https://prosocialproject.co.uk/
To contact us directly about getting involved in the prosocial project, email us at the following address: prosocial.project@ucl.ac.uk
To keep up with our project updates, feel free to follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/UCL_Prosocial
Publications associated with this project:
Gaule, A., Bevilacqua, L., Molleman, L., van den Bos, W., van Duijvenvoorde, A. C., Roberts, R., ... & Viding, E. (2024). Social Learning and Preferences in Adolescents With Conduct Problems and Varying Levels of Callous-Unemotional Traits. JAACAP Open.
Gaule, A., Martin, P., Lockwood, P. L., Cutler, J., Apps, M., Roberts, R., ... & Viding, E. (2024). Reduced prosocial motivation and effort in adolescents with conduct problems and callous‐unemotional traits. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1-11.