Social support is significantly positively correlated with adolescents' prosocial behavior (r = 0.206)¶
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q3 i2 Social support correlated significantly positively with prosocial behavior (r = 0.206, p < 0.01). → 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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Pearson correlation analysis in the 1171-adolescent survey. The article reports "a signi ficant positive correlation between social support and prosocial behavior ( r = 0.206, p < 0.01)"; r = 0.206 is a medium-strength correlation.
"there was a signi ficant positive correlation between social support and prosocial behavior ( r = 0.206, p < 0.01)"
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Related Claims¶
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Social support is significantly positively correlated with adolescents' prosocial behavior (r = 0.206) |
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Social support is significantly positively correlated with adolescents' prosocial behavior (r = 0.206) |
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2022 |
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by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-16 |
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