A longitudinal study of prosocial behaviors predicting later academic performance in US Latine early adolescents.

IF 3 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Adolescence Pub Date : 2024-09-06 DOI:10.1002/jad.12401

Alysia Maryse Cruz, Gustavo Carlo, Zehra Gulseven, Deborah Lowe Vandell

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Abstract

Introduction: Scholars have asserted and provided evidence on the developmental benefits of prosocial behaviors on later academic performance and well-being. However, research directly examining these links in US Latine early adolescents and work that explains the positive link between prosocial behaviors and academic outcomes is scarce. The present study investigated whether social skills and self-efficacy mediate the positive relations between prosocial behaviors and US Latine early adolescents' educational performance.

Method: Participants were 543 low-income, US Latine middle school students (M_age = 11.7, SD = 0.73; 275 girls) attending after-school programs. Measures of prosocial behaviors, social skills, self-efficacy, and academic performance were administered at three-time points.

Results: Findings showed that prosocial behaviors were significantly and positively linked to later self-efficacy, which in turn, was subsequently positively linked to academic performance. In contrast, the paths among prosocial behaviors, social skills, and academic performance were not significant.

Conclusion: The discussion focuses on the central role of self-efficacy in understanding the relations between prosocial behaviors and educational performance in US Latine early adolescents.

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预测美国拉丁裔青少年日后学习成绩的亲社会行为纵向研究。

引言学者们断言并提供了证据，证明亲社会行为对日后学习成绩和幸福感的发展有益。然而，在美国拉丁语系早期青少年中直接考察这些联系的研究以及解释亲社会行为与学业成绩之间积极联系的工作却很少。本研究调查了社交技能和自我效能是否能调节亲社会行为与美国拉丁裔早期青少年教育表现之间的积极关系：参与者为 543 名参加课后活动的低收入美国拉丁裔中学生（Mage = 11.7，SD = 0.73；275 名女生）。在三个时间点对学生的亲社会行为、社交技能、自我效能感和学习成绩进行测量：研究结果表明，亲社会行为与日后的自我效能感有显著的正相关关系，而自我效能感又与学习成绩有正相关关系。相比之下，亲社会行为、社交技能和学习成绩之间的关系并不显著：讨论的重点是自我效能感在理解美国拉美裔青少年亲社会行为与学习成绩之间关系中的核心作用。

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Journal of Adolescence PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

CiteScore

6.40

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2.60%

发文量

123

期刊介绍： The Journal of Adolescence is an international, broad based, cross-disciplinary journal that addresses issues of professional and academic importance concerning development between puberty and the attainment of adult status within society. It provides a forum for all who are concerned with the nature of adolescence, whether involved in teaching, research, guidance, counseling, treatment, or other services. The aim of the journal is to encourage research and foster good practice through publishing both empirical and clinical studies as well as integrative reviews and theoretical advances.