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Prosocial behavior encompasses voluntary actions that benefit or are intended to benefit other individuals or groups ^[1][2]. It includes a broad range of behaviors, such as helping, sharing, comforting, cooperating, donating, volunteering, and providing support to others ^[3]. Prosocial behavior may occur in response to another person’s practical, material, or emotional needs and can vary in form, frequency, and social context. The motivations underlying prosocial behavior are diverse and may include empathy, concern for others, moral values, social norms, reciprocity, reputation, or other self-oriented and other-oriented motives. Consequently, prosocial behavior is conceptually broader than altruism, which specifically concerns motivation to increase another person’s welfare. Prosocial behavior can be examined at multiple levels, including individual dispositions, interactions between helpers and recipients, and behaviors occurring within groups and larger social systems ^[4]. The concept therefore encompasses other-oriented behaviors that contribute to interpersonal and social well-being without requiring a particular underlying motivation.