Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Do caregiver cooking skills boost adolescent resilience and prosocial behavior? Results from a population-based longitudinal study in Japan
Originally published 2026-05-01 · BMC Psychology
BMC · DOI 10.1186/s40359-026-04658-4 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
Who benefits when a child helps prepare food for the family?
The authors examine everyday caregiving through cooking and later child prosocial behavior.
Who was studied?
Japanese fourth-grade students and caregivers in the A-CHILD cohort
Age / stage: 9–10 years at baseline
Read with three questions
- How did the authors investigate everyday caregiving through cooking and later child prosocial behavior?
- At what ages were each of the family measures and child outcomes actually collected?
- Which features of shared meals or family circumstances could travel together with cooking skills?
Keep the limits in view
Cooking skills can reflect resources, time and food access. A longitudinal association does not isolate cooking as the source of a change.
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Yukako Tani; Aya Isumi; Takeo Fujiwara (2026). Do caregiver cooking skills boost adolescent resilience and prosocial behavior? Results from a population-based longitudinal study in Japan BMC Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-026-04658-4
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