Ju Enxia, Qi Huaiyuan, Zhao Linyao, Luo Yangmei, Li Ying, You Xuqun
School of Psychology, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Behavior and Cognitive Neuroscience, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.
J Youth Adolesc. 2025 Jan 22. doi: 10.1007/s10964-025-02137-4.
Despite extensive research on the relationship between adolescents' prosocial behavior and well-being, few studies have examined the relationships between prosocial acts towards different targets (family, friends, and strangers) and both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being over time, especially within the cultural context of China, where relational closeness are highly emphasized. To address this research gap, the present study conducted a longitudinal investigation involving 514 Chinese adolescents (M = 13.75 years, SD = 1.46; 57.2% female) across three time points, each separated by six-month intervals. Cross-lagged panel network analyses revealed the reciprocal relationships between prosocial behavior and well-being, moderated by the relational closeness to the prosocial target. Specifically, the results showed a positive and reciprocal relationships between helping family members and both forms of well-being, as well as between helping friends and eudaimonic well-being. In contrast, while helping strangers did not exhibit a direct reciprocal relationship with well-being, both hedonic and eudaimonic well-being were predictive of prosocial behavior towards strangers. Furthermore, the mediation path analysis elucidated distinct mechanisms: helping family and strangers satisfied autonomy needs, contributing to well-being, whereas helping friends fulfilled relational needs. These findings highlight the mutual interplay between adolescents' prosocial behavior, particularly towards close relations, and their well-being.
尽管对青少年亲社会行为与幸福感之间的关系进行了广泛研究，但很少有研究考察随着时间推移，针对不同目标（家人、朋友和陌生人）的亲社会行为与享乐幸福感和心理幸福感之间的关系，尤其是在中国这种高度强调关系亲密度的文化背景下。为了填补这一研究空白，本研究对514名中国青少年（M = 13.75岁，SD = 1.46；57.2%为女性）进行了纵向调查，调查分三个时间点进行，每个时间点间隔六个月。交叉滞后面板网络分析揭示了亲社会行为与幸福感之间的相互关系，并受到与亲社会目标的关系亲密度的调节。具体而言，结果显示帮助家庭成员与两种幸福感形式之间存在积极的相互关系，帮助朋友与心理幸福感之间也存在积极的相互关系。相比之下，虽然帮助陌生人与幸福感之间没有直接的相互关系，但享乐幸福感和心理幸福感都能预测对陌生人的亲社会行为。此外，中介路径分析阐明了不同的机制：帮助家人和陌生人满足了自主需求，从而促进了幸福感，而帮助朋友满足了关系需求。这些发现凸显了青少年亲社会行为，尤其是对亲密关系的亲社会行为，与他们的幸福感之间的相互作用。
