School Acceptance and Support Moderate the Relationship Between Parental Divorce and Adolescents’ Prosocial Behavior: A Longitudinal Study

IF 2.8 3区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY

Applied Research in Quality of Life Pub Date : 2024-01-15 DOI:10.1007/s11482-024-10275-3

Xiaoxiao Liu, Cuicui Wang, Daoyang Wang, Weiwei Liu

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The nurturing of offspring within divorced families has consistently been a matter of concern. Parental divorce is a pivotal environmental determinant influencing the progression of adolescents’ prosocial behavior. Apart from the family, school serves as another significant sphere for adolescents, hence, school acceptance and support might also bear a substantial impact on shaping adolescents’ prosocial behavior. This investigation undertook a comprehensive longitudinal survey to elucidate the correlation between parental divorce and prosocial behavior in adolescents, subsequently exploring the moderating role of school acceptance and support on the connection between parental divorce and prosocial behavior. A collective sample of 1,655 and 1,322 Chinese adolescents partook in this study during the first year (Term 1 - T1) and the subsequent year (Term 2 - T2), respectively. The findings demonstrated that parental divorce was negatively correlated with prosocial behavior in adolescents, both concurrently and longitudinally. Additionally, school acceptance and support altered the relationship between parental divorce and prosocial behavior. Specifically, school acceptance and support could ameliorate the detrimental effect of parental divorce on prosocial behavior in adolescents. This study provides a unique perspective which may be beneficial in fostering adolescents’ prosocial behavior in divorced households.

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学校的接纳和支持可调节父母离婚与青少年亲社会行为之间的关系：纵向研究

离异家庭对后代的培养一直是一个值得关注的问题。父母离异是影响青少年亲社会行为发展的关键环境因素。除家庭外，学校是青少年的另一个重要活动场所，因此，学校的接纳和支持也可能对青少年亲社会行为的形成产生重要影响。本研究通过全面的纵向调查，阐明了父母离异与青少年亲社会行为之间的相关性，并随后探讨了学校的接纳和支持对父母离异与亲社会行为之间联系的调节作用。在研究的第一年（第一学期--T1）和第二年（第二学期--T2），分别有1,655和1,322名中国青少年参与了这项研究。研究结果表明，父母离异与青少年的亲社会行为呈负相关，无论是同期还是纵向关系。此外，学校的接纳和支持也会改变父母离异与亲社会行为之间的关系。具体来说，学校的接纳和支持可以改善父母离异对青少年亲社会行为的不利影响。这项研究提供了一个独特的视角，可能有利于在离异家庭中培养青少年的亲社会行为。

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Applied Research in Quality of Life SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY-

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