The Impact of Increasing Subjective Economic Inequality on Prosocial Behavior Development: The Longitudinal Mediating Effect of Trust and Moderating Effect of Socioeconomic Status.

Lin-Xin Wang, Yue Ding, Jing Lin, Xin Shi, Yin Huang, Yu Kou

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Article in Journal of youth and adolescence, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lin-Xin WangBeijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Yue DingBeijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Jing LinBeijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Xin ShiTaizhou Institute of Science & Technology, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Taizhou, China.

Yin HuangCollege of Education for the Future, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai, China.

Yu KouBeijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. yu_kou1@163.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1668-7033

Funding

Beijing Education Science Foundation BAHA24025

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Abstract

While the adverse effects of economic inequality on prosocial behavior have been well-documented, the dynamic processes and underlying mechanisms during emerging adulthood remain equivocal. Whether this relation is consistent across different socioeconomic status groups also awaits to be unveiled. To address these gaps, this three-year longitudinal study shed light on the developmental nature of subjective economic inequality, trust, as well as prosocial behavior, and the nuance within such associations across low- and high-socioeconomic status groups. This study collected data from 1065 Chinese emerging adults (649 females; M

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Social BehaviorSocial ClassTrustAdolescentChinaFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleSocioeconomic FactorsYoung AdultEmerging adulthoodProsocial behaviorSocioeconomic statusSubjective economic inequalityTrust

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PMID40111616

DOI10.1007/s10964-025-02166-z

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