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Childhood maltreatment and prosocial behavior

Roles of social support and psychological capital

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ID13916985
AuthorsYing Yang (0000-0002-3751-2590, Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University and Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, People's Republic of China, corresponding author), Zhenning Yang (0000-0001-6942-8150, Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University and Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, People's Republic of China), Weiguo Qu (Department of Psychology, Hunan Normal University and Cognition and Human Behavior Key Laboratory of Hunan Province, Hunan Normal University, People's Republic of China)
Year2022
Volume50
Issue1
Pages1-14
Publication date2022-01-12
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Behavior and Personality An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0301-2212 • E-ISSN: 1179-6391
PublisherScientific Journal Publishers Limited (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2224/sbp.10610
OpenAlexW4210485069
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited37

We examined the relationship between childhood maltreatment and prosocial behavior, with social support and psychological capital incorporated as hypothesized mediators. Participants were 581 adolescent students (360 girls, 221 boys) who completed questionnaires regarding prosocial behavior, childhood maltreatment, social support, and psychological capital. The results reveal that childhood maltreatment was negatively associated with prosocial behavior through the sequential mediators of social support and psychological capital. These findings indicate that childhood maltreatment directly reduced the occurrence of prosocial behavior in adolescence. There was also an indirect effect, whereby childhood maltreatment reduced social support and psychological capital, and this, in turn, reduced adolescents' prosocial behavior. This study provides a theoretical basis and practical guidance for the cultivation of adolescents' prosocial behavior

Developmental psychology · Prosocial behavior · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Psychology · Social Psychology

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