Davis Alexandra N, Clark Ellie S, Streit Cara, Kelly Ryan J, Lardier David T
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
J Genet Psychol. 2022 Nov-Dec;183(6):527-536. doi: 10.1080/00221325.2022.2094212. Epub 2022 Jul 8.
The goal of the current study was to examine the predictive role of economic stress and community self-efficacy on prosocial behaviors toward friends and strangers, and civic engagement. In addition, we considered the multiplicative effects of economic stress and community self-efficacy on these distinct types of prosocial behaviors (different targets of prosocial behaviors). The sample consisted of 202 young adults ( age = 20.94 years; 76.5% women; 67.5% reported identifying as racially White; 7.7% Black; 5.7% Asian; 5.5% Native; 13.6% other and included groups such as Mestizo, mixed race, and Mexican) who reported on their economic stress, community self-efficacy, and tendencies to engage in prosocial behaviors toward friends and strangers as well as civic engagement. The results demonstrated that economic stress was not directly associated with prosocial behaviors or civic engagement. Community self-efficacy was positively associated with civic engagement and prosocial behaviors toward both friends and strangers. The interaction term was positively associated with prosocial behaviors toward friends. Discussion focuses on the critical role of community self-efficacy as a buffer against stress and as a predictor of multiple forms of prosocial behaviors.
本研究的目的是考察经济压力和社区自我效能感对针对朋友和陌生人的亲社会行为以及公民参与的预测作用。此外，我们还考虑了经济压力和社区自我效能感对这些不同类型亲社会行为（亲社会行为的不同目标）的相乘效应。样本包括202名年轻人（年龄=20.94岁；76.5%为女性；67.5%报告自己为白人；7.7%为黑人；5.7%为亚洲人；5.5%为原住民；13.6%为其他，包括混血儿、混血和墨西哥人等群体），他们报告了自己的经济压力、社区自我效能感以及对朋友和陌生人亲社会行为的倾向以及公民参与情况。结果表明，经济压力与亲社会行为或公民参与没有直接关联。社区自我效能感与公民参与以及对朋友和陌生人的亲社会行为呈正相关。交互项与对朋友的亲社会行为呈正相关。讨论聚焦于社区自我效能感作为压力缓冲器以及多种亲社会行为预测指标的关键作用。
