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Caregiving Behavior

Caregiving Behavior is a prosocial action pattern characterized by intentional, other-oriented efforts to nurture, support, or improve the well-being of a recipient, particularly in contexts of vulnerability or need, thereby distinguishing it from reciprocal or self-benefiting social behaviors within the broader category of altruistic conduct.

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The Circle of Security project: Attachment-based intervention with caregiver-pre-school child dyads

Robert S. Marvin, Glen Cooper, Kent Hoffman et al. · Attachment & Human Development · 2002 · 625 citations

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Characteristics of infant child care: Factors contributing to positive caregiving

Deborah Lowe Vandell · Early Childhood Research Quarterly · 1996 · 551 citations

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Child Rearing and Children's Prosocial Initiations toward Victims of Distress

Carolyn Zahn‐Waxler, Marian Radke‐Yarrow, Robert A. King · Child Development · 1979 · 529 citations

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The Revised Scale for Caregiving Self-Efficacy: Reliability and Validity Studies

Ann M. Steffen, Christine L. McKibbin, Antonette M. Zeiss et al. · The Journals of Gerontology Series B · 2002 · 497 citations · Full text

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Child Rearing and Children's Prosocial Initiations toward Victims of Distress

Carolyn Zahn‐Waxler, Marian Radke‐Yarrow, Robert A. King · Child Development · 1979 · 482 citations

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    Nathan A. Fox

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    6 publications · 752 citations

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    Marinus H. van IJzendoorn

    Leiden University, Netherlands

    5 publications · 339 citations

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  3. DG
    Dolores Gallagher‐Thompson

    Stanford University, United States

    5 publications · 909 citations

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  4. RS
    Richard Schulz

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    5 publications · 457 citations

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    Glenn I. Roisman

    University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States

    5 publications · 570 citations

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802

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    17 h-index

    46 publications

    4.9K citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    13 h-index

    23 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    22 publications

    1.1K citations

  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    9 h-index

    24 publications

    1K citations

  6. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    9 h-index

    17 publications

    1.1K citations

  8. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    9 h-index

    20 publications

    692 citations

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  1. The Journals of Gerontology Series B

    17 publications · 1.8K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 12 publications · 692 citations

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  3. Child Development

    11 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. The Gerontologist

    10 publications · 1K citations

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  5. Journal of Advanced Nursing

    JAN · 8 publications · 688 citations

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