Social support partially mediates the relationship between empathy and prosocial behavior¶
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q3 i? In a structural equation model, social support significantly mediated the empathy–prosocial behavior link (95% CI [0.008, 0.130]), with the mediating effect accounting for 7.64% and the direct effect 92.36%. → Fu W 2022
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Fu W 2022¶
Fu W, Wang C, Chai H, Xue R. (2022). Examining the relationship of empathy, social support, and prosocial behavior of adolescents in China: a structural equation modeling approach. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01296-0
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SEM analysis with bootstrap test (bootstrap = 5000) in Mplus8.3 on the 1171-adolescent data; model fit indexes were acceptable (χ2/df = 2.434, RMSEA = 0.035). The article reports the "mediating effect accounted for 7.64%" and the direct effect 92.36%. No standardized effect size for the indirect path is printed.
"the 95% con fidence interval of “empathy → social support → prosocial behavior ” path was [0.008, 0.130], and the con fidence interval did not include 0, indicating that the mediating effect of social support was signi ficant"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Only the subjective (perceived) support dimension of social support mediates empathy and prosocial behavior
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- Social support is significantly positively correlated with adolescents' prosocial behavior (r = 0.206) — related
- Adolescents' empathy is significantly positively correlated with prosocial behavior (r = 0.333) — related
- Adolescents' empathy is significantly positively correlated with social support (r = 0.164) — related
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Social support partially mediates the relationship between empathy and prosocial behavior |
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Social support partially mediates the relationship between empathy and prosocial behavior |
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