Children’s prosocial skills predict key adult outcomes, a new American Journal of Public Health study finds:
For the study, teachers rated 700 children on eight criteria, using a five-point scale assessing how each interacted socially with others.
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For every one-point decrease in the child’s score, he or she had a 67 percent higher chance of having been arrested and an 82 percent higher chance of being in or on a waiting list for public housing at age 25.