ArticlePloS one2025
Family environment and prosocial behavior tendency of college students: The chain mediating role of empathy and moral sensitivity.
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- A perspective on moral sensitivity: undergraduate dentistry students and orthodontic clinicians.BMC medical education · 2026Article
- Can heightened aesthetic sensitivity in music promote empathy?-A pre- and post-test multilevel linear model of an 8-week music aesthetic education course intervention.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Father involvement in family dynamics: a qualitative exploration of perceptions and cultural influences.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesIn order to explore the influence mechanism of family environment on the prosocial behavior tendency of college students and the chain mediating role of empathy and moral sensitivity in this relationship.
methodsA survey was conducted on 451 college students using the Family Adaptability and Cohesion scales, the Dispositional Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire, the Prosocial Tendencies Measure and the Chinese Version of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index-C.
resultsThe results showed that empathy and moral sensitivity significantly mediate the effect of family environment on college students' prosocial behavior tendency. This is manifested in three mediation paths: the mediating role of empathy (with 28.57% of the mediating effect), the mediating role of moral sensitivity (with 61.90% of the mediating effect), and the chain mediating role of empathy and moral sensitivity (with 9.53% of the mediating effect).
conclusionsThe study reveals the mechanism by which family environment affects college students' prosocial behavior, which provides some theoretical guidance and practical inspiration for cultivating college students' prosocial behavior.
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