The Effect of Gratitude on Youth’s Prosocial behavior: The Mediate Effect of Perceived Social Support and The Moderate Effect of Psychological Security
Abstract:
Objective: To explore the mediating role of perceived social support between gratitude
and prosocial behavior and the moderating role of psychological security. Methods: By convenient
sampling method, 572 young people are investigated with perceived social support scale (PSSS), security
questionnaire (SQ), adolescent gratitude scale (AGS) and prosocial tendencies measure (PTM). Of
these, there are 222 males (38.8%) and 350 females (61.2%); 262 are single (45.8%) and 310 are married
(54.2%); and the average age of the subjects is 28.47 years (SD = 6.11). Results: (1) The direct effect value
of gratitude on prosocial behavior is 0.50 (95% CI: 0.43 ~ 0.60); (2)The indirect effect value of perceived
social support between gratitude and prosocial behavior is 0.11 (95% CI: 0.05 ~ 0.16); The total effect is
0.61, and the mediating effect account for 18.03% of the total effect; (3) Psychological security regulates
the latter half of the intermediary process of gratitude influencing prosocial behavior through perceived
social support (β=0.15, p<0.001). Conclusion: Gratitude can not only directly affect prosocial behavior,
but also indirectly affect prosocial behavior through perceived social support; Compared with the youth
with low psychological security, the perceived social support of the youth with high psychological security
has a more significant impact on prosocial behavior.
目的:探讨领悟社会支持在感恩与亲社会行为之间的中介作用以及心理安全感的调节作用。方法:采用领悟社会支持量表、安全感量表、青少年感恩量表和亲社会倾向量表对 572 名青年进行问卷调查。结果:(1)感恩、领悟社会支持、心理安全感和亲社会行为两两之间均存在显著正相关;(2)感恩显著正向预测亲社会行为,且领悟社会支持在二者的关系中具有显著的中介作用;(3)心理安全感对中介过程“感恩→领悟社会支
持→亲社会行为”的后半路径具有显著调节作用。结论:感恩不仅可以直接影响亲社会行为,还可以通过领悟社会支持间接影响亲社会行为;心理安全感在感恩对亲社会行为的影响中起到了调节作用。