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Relations between Prosociality and Psychological Maladjustment in Chinese Elementary and Secondary School Students: Mediating Roles of Peer Preference and Self-Perceived Social Competence
Despite empirical findings that prosociality can prevent elementary and secondary school students from developing psychological maladjustment, little is known about the underlying mechanisms. The goal of the present study was to examine the mediating effects of peer preference and self-perceived soc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10376412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37503994 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs13070547 |
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author | Li, Mingxin Jin, Guomin Ren, Tongyan Haidabieke, Aersheng Chen, Lingjun Ding, Xuechen |
author_facet | Li, Mingxin Jin, Guomin Ren, Tongyan Haidabieke, Aersheng Chen, Lingjun Ding, Xuechen |
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description | Despite empirical findings that prosociality can prevent elementary and secondary school students from developing psychological maladjustment, little is known about the underlying mechanisms. The goal of the present study was to examine the mediating effects of peer preference and self-perceived social competence on the associations between prosociality and psychological maladjustment (i.e., depressive symptoms and loneliness). Participants were 951 students (Mage = 11 years, 442 girls) in Grades 3~7 from Shanghai, China. They completed peer nominations of prosociality and peer preference and self-report measures of self-perceived social competence, depressive symptoms, and loneliness. Multiple mediation analyses revealed that: (a) both peer preference and self-perceived social competence mediated the relations between prosociality and psychological maladjustment, and (b) a serial indirect pathway (i.e., prosociality → peer preference → self-perceived social competence → psychological maladjustment) emerged when controlling for age group and gender. These findings point to potential targets in the prevention and intervention of Chinese students’ internalization of problems. |
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spelling | pubmed-103764122023-07-29 Relations between Prosociality and Psychological Maladjustment in Chinese Elementary and Secondary School Students: Mediating Roles of Peer Preference and Self-Perceived Social Competence Li, Mingxin Jin, Guomin Ren, Tongyan Haidabieke, Aersheng Chen, Lingjun Ding, Xuechen Behav Sci (Basel) Article Despite empirical findings that prosociality can prevent elementary and secondary school students from developing psychological maladjustment, little is known about the underlying mechanisms. The goal of the present study was to examine the mediating effects of peer preference and self-perceived social competence on the associations between prosociality and psychological maladjustment (i.e., depressive symptoms and loneliness). Participants were 951 students (Mage = 11 years, 442 girls) in Grades 3~7 from Shanghai, China. They completed peer nominations of prosociality and peer preference and self-report measures of self-perceived social competence, depressive symptoms, and loneliness. Multiple mediation analyses revealed that: (a) both peer preference and self-perceived social competence mediated the relations between prosociality and psychological maladjustment, and (b) a serial indirect pathway (i.e., prosociality → peer preference → self-perceived social competence → psychological maladjustment) emerged when controlling for age group and gender. These findings point to potential targets in the prevention and intervention of Chinese students’ internalization of problems. MDPI 2023-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10376412/ /pubmed/37503994 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs13070547 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Li, Mingxin Jin, Guomin Ren, Tongyan Haidabieke, Aersheng Chen, Lingjun Ding, Xuechen Relations between Prosociality and Psychological Maladjustment in Chinese Elementary and Secondary School Students: Mediating Roles of Peer Preference and Self-Perceived Social Competence |
title | Relations between Prosociality and Psychological Maladjustment in Chinese Elementary and Secondary School Students: Mediating Roles of Peer Preference and Self-Perceived Social Competence |
title_full | Relations between Prosociality and Psychological Maladjustment in Chinese Elementary and Secondary School Students: Mediating Roles of Peer Preference and Self-Perceived Social Competence |
title_fullStr | Relations between Prosociality and Psychological Maladjustment in Chinese Elementary and Secondary School Students: Mediating Roles of Peer Preference and Self-Perceived Social Competence |
title_full_unstemmed | Relations between Prosociality and Psychological Maladjustment in Chinese Elementary and Secondary School Students: Mediating Roles of Peer Preference and Self-Perceived Social Competence |
title_short | Relations between Prosociality and Psychological Maladjustment in Chinese Elementary and Secondary School Students: Mediating Roles of Peer Preference and Self-Perceived Social Competence |
title_sort | relations between prosociality and psychological maladjustment in chinese elementary and secondary school students: mediating roles of peer preference and self-perceived social competence |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10376412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37503994 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bs13070547 |
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