The association between social support and prosocial behavior: A three-level meta-analysis.

IF 1.3 4区心理学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

PsyCh journal Pub Date : 2024-12-01 Epub Date: 2024-07-21 DOI:10.1002/pchj.792

Yinlan Wang, Guangming Ran, Qi Zhang, Qiongzhi Zhang

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Abstract

Numerous studies have examined the relationship between social support and prosocial behavior and have concluded that social support is an important factor in generating prosocial behavior. However, different studies have produced different conclusions, and the moderating effect on the relationship is not entirely clear. The current study uses a three-level meta-analysis method to clarify the relationship between social support and prosocial behavior, and explores the moderating variables that affect the relationship between the two variables. Through a systematic literature search, a total of 92 studies, 418 effect sizes, and 74,378 participants were obtained. The main effects test found a significant positive correlation between social support and prosocial behavior. Tests of the moderating effects indicated that the relationship between social support and prosocial behavior was moderated by year of publication, source of social support, measurement of social support and measurement of prosocial behavior. In summary, social support plays an important role in prosocial behavior, and exploring their relationship is beneficial to families, schools and society in guiding individuals' prosocial behavior.

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社会支持与亲社会行为之间的关联：三级荟萃分析。

许多研究探讨了社会支持与亲社会行为之间的关系，并得出结论认为，社会支持是产生亲社会行为的一个重要因素。然而，不同的研究得出了不同的结论，对这一关系的调节作用也不完全清楚。本研究采用三级荟萃分析法来阐明社会支持与亲社会行为之间的关系，并探讨影响这两个变量之间关系的调节变量。通过系统的文献检索，共获得 92 项研究、418 个效应大小和 74,378 名参与者。主效应测试发现，社会支持与亲社会行为之间存在显著的正相关。调节效应检验表明，社会支持与亲社会行为之间的关系受发表年份、社会支持来源、社会支持测量和亲社会行为测量的调节。总之，社会支持在亲社会行为中起着重要作用，探讨它们之间的关系有利于家庭、学校和社会引导个人的亲社会行为。

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PsyCh journal PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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2.70

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12.50%

发文量

109

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