Does Self-Control Promote Prosocial Behavior? Evidence from a Longitudinal Tracking Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Self-Control and Prosocial Behavior
1.2. Life Satisfaction as a Potential Mediator
1.3. Friendship Quality as a Potential Moderator
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.3. Brief Self-Control Questionnaire
2.4. Prosocial Behavior Scale
2.5. Friendship Quality Scale
2.6. Life Satisfaction Scale
2.7. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Common Method Deviation Test
3.2. Preliminary Analysis
3.3. Mediation Testing
3.4. Mediation-Moderated Testing
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. Self-control | ||||
2. Life Satisfaction | 0.31 *** | |||
3. Prosocial Behavior | 0.21 *** | 0.16 *** | ||
4. Friendship Quality | 0.18 *** | −0.05 | 0.01 | |
Mean | 3.13 | 4.26 | 2.44 | 2.87 |
SD | 0.56 | 1.28 | 0.41 | 0.84 |
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Li J, Chen Y, Lu J, Li W, Zhen S, Zhang D. Does Self-Control Promote Prosocial Behavior? Evidence from a Longitudinal Tracking Study. Children. 2022; 9(6):854. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060854
Chicago/Turabian StyleLi, Jingjing, Yanhan Chen, Jiachen Lu, Weidong Li, Shuangju Zhen, and Dan Zhang. 2022. "Does Self-Control Promote Prosocial Behavior? Evidence from a Longitudinal Tracking Study" Children 9, no. 6: 854. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060854