Zeleke, Seleshi(PhDDemesse, Selamawit2022-02-032023-11-182022-02-032023-11-182021-12http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/29880The major purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between prosocial behavior, parenting style and self-concept. Closed-ended questionnaires of prosocial Tendencies Measure (PTM), Parenting Styles Scale (PSS), and social self-esteem inventory were used to gather data from a random sample of 105 (65 female and 40 male) volunteers. Most of the questions present in a 5-point scale format. Correlation and regression analysis, ANOVA, t test and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the quantitative data. The result indicated that volunteers have high level of prosocial behavior. Similarly, statistically significant relations were found among prosocial behavior, parenting style and self-concept. Prosocial behavior have significant positive relationship with parenting style(r =.275, p<.01) and self concept(r =.345, p<.01). Regarding of gender there was no statistically significant difference between male and female volunteers in prosocial behavior. Self-concept and parenting style accounted for the 17.3 % of proportion of variance in prosocial behavior. It was concluded that self-concept and parenting style play vital roles in the development of prosocial behavior.enProsocial behavior, self-concept, parenting styleThesis