Predicting adolescent prosocial behavior from self-regulation in middle childhood and justice sensitivity

IF 2.2 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-01-13 DOI:10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101754

Carolin Ritgens , Petra Warschburger , Rebecca Bondü

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Abstract

Prosocial behavior and responding to unfair treatment depend on many factors, including effective self-regulation that allows to act against primary self- interests. Furthermore, justice sensitivity (JS) may also promote just behavior. Acting in accordance with JS in the face of own disadvantages may also require self-regulation. The present study investigated the relation between self-regulation in childhood (e.g., inhibition, updating, flexibility, emotion regulation) and distributions in adolescence in the dictator, ultimatum, and third-person game and the mediating role of JS. It used data from a German large-scale study with 501 participants (T1: 6–11 years, M_age = 8.36, SD = 0.93, 52 % female; T4: 16–21 years, M_age = 18.28, SD = 1.00, 53 % female, 2 % genderqueer/other). Latent mediation analyses showed direct effects of childhood affective decision making and flexibility on adolescent prosocial behavior, with additional effects when considering gender. JS contributed to direct effects, but no indirect effects were found, suggesting independent influences of self-regulation and JS on prosocial behavior.

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Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology focuses on two key concepts: human development, which refers to the psychological transformations and modifications that occur during the life cycle and influence an individual behavior within the social milieu; and application of knowledge, which is derived from investigating variables in the developmental process. Its contributions cover research that deals with traditional life span markets (age, social roles, biological status, environmental variables) and broadens the scopes of study to include variables that promote understanding of psychological processes and their onset and development within the life span. Most importantly.