ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2015
Individual and Social Predictors of Prosocial Behavior among Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong.
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- Empathy as a Mediator of the Relation between Peer Influence and Prosocial Behavior in Adolescence: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of Experiential Learning Programmes on Adolescent Prosocial Behaviour, Empathy, and Subjective Well-being: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Pooled it
- The Relationship Between Green Space and Prosocial Behaviour Among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
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- Meaning-Focused Coping in University Students in Hong Kong During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Qualitative Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Prosocial Behaviour, Individualism, and Future Orientation of Chinese Youth: The Role of Identity Status as a Moderator.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Is parental anxiety related to child anxiety? Insights from a four-wave longitudinal study in a Chinese context.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Exploring Parenting Styles Patterns and Children's Socio-Emotional Skills.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Association of Prosocial Behavior Between Mothers and Their Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Mediating Role of Maternal Parenting.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
- School climate and adolescents' prosocial behavior: the mediating role of perceived social support and resilience.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Evidence to the Need for a Unifying Framework: Critical Consciousness and Moral Education in Adolescents Facilitate Altruistic Behaviour in the Community.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- The Association between Parental Marital Satisfaction and Adolescent Prosocial Behavior in China: A Moderated Serial Mediation Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Compassion, Discrimination, and Prosocial Behaviors: Young Diasporic Chinese During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- But is helping you worth the risk? Defining Prosocial Risk Taking in adolescence.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2017Review
- Assessment of Prosocial Behaviour of School-Going Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Survey.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
Based on the human ecological model, this study hypothesized that individual competence in empathy, prosocial moral reasoning, and social influence from parents, peers, and school are the key determinants of prosocial behavior among Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. We recruited a sample of high school students who engaged in volunteering activities regularly (N = 580). They completed a self-administrated questionnaire designed to measure prosocial behavior and its hypothesized predictors using a number of standardized instruments. The results of multiple regression show that social influence factors, including peer, school, and parent influence, are strong predictors of helping intention and prosocial behavior, while individual competence factors like empathy and prosocial moral reasoning are not. Male participants had higher empathy scores and helping intention than females, perceived their parents as more helpful, and their schools as more supportive of prosocial behavior. However, the significant predictors of prosocial behavior and helping intention were similar across gender. The findings indicate that social influence is strongly linked to prosocial behavior. This implies that socialization and social support for prosocial norms and behavior can exert a powerful influence on the behavior of young people in a Chinese population.
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