TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Understanding the relationship between parental psychological control and prosocial behavior in children in China: the role of self-efficacy and gender
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Fu, Wangqian
A1  - Pan, Qianqian
A1  - Zhang, Weida
A1  - Zhang, Lei
SP  - e11821
EP  - e11821
VL  - 19
IS  - 18
N2  - OBJECTIVES: Prosocial behavior is essential for individuals' development, and the study aims to analyze the relationship between parental psychological control and prosocial behavior. <br><br>METHOD: The current study investigated the relationships among Paternal Psychological Control (endogenous variable), General Self-Efficacy (mediator), and Prosocial Behaviors (exogenous endogenous variable) via a moderated mediation modeling approach (gender as the moderator). A total of 1822 Chinese students aged from 7- to 17-year-old (M(age) = 12.4 years old, SD(age) = 1.89, 48.6% girls) were included in the current study. <br><br>RESULTS: After controlling participants' age, the only child status, family income, and parent's education level, results revealed that higher levels of parental control were associated with lower levels of students' self-efficacy, which, in turn, reduced students' prosocial behavior intention. Moreover, the relationship between self-efficacy and prosocial behavior intention was moderated by students' gender, where the positive effects of self-efficacy on prosocial behavior intentions were reduced in girls. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Findings highlight the importance of parental psychological control for supporting children's self-efficacy to promote prosocial behaviors on different gender groups.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191811821
ID  - ref1
ER  -