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- Title
Does Self-Control Promote Prosocial Behavior? Evidence from a Longitudinal Tracking Study.
- Authors
Li, Jingjing; Chen, Yanhan; Lu, Jiachen; Li, Weidong; Zhen, Shuangju; Zhang, Dan
- Abstract
Although numerous researches have shown that self-control is a significant promoter of prosocial behavior, the mechanism behind this relationship is still unclear. According to the organism–environment interaction model and self-control model, this study researched whether life satisfaction played a mediating role between self-control and adolescents' prosocial behavior and if friendship quality played a moderating role between self-control and prosocial behavior. This study used a longitudinal tracking research (T1&T2; and the interval between T1&T2 is 6 months). A total of 1182 Chinese middle school students participated the survey. They were between 12 and 15 years old (average age: 14.16 years old, SD = 1.29). Results indicated that life satisfaction played a mediating role between self-control and adolescents' prosocial behavior. Furthermore, this direct relationship in the link between self-control and prosocial behavior was significant when adolescents had a good-quality friendship. These results highlight that life satisfaction plays an important role in the relationship between self-control and prosocial behavior. The present study further determined that a high-quality friendship was an important factor that amplified this direct effect.
- Subjects
FRIENDSHIP; SELF-management (Psychology); MIDDLE school students; SATISFACTION; RESEARCH funding; SOCIAL skills; CHILDREN; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Children, 2022, Vol 9, Issue 6, p854
- ISSN
2227-9067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/children9060854