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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Helping behaviors, including prosocial behavior and social support, are linked to adolescent self-development.
  • The interplay and mediating mechanisms between prosocial behavior, social support, and core self-evaluation in adolescents remain underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the longitudinal, reciprocal relationships between prosocial behavior, social support, and core self-evaluation in adolescents.
  • To identify potential mediation and serial self-enhancement mechanisms among these variables.

Main Methods:

  • Longitudinal survey of 1214 Chinese adolescents (mean age 15.46) with three data collection points over six months.
  • Application of Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models (RI-CLPMs) to analyze the dynamic relationships.

Main Results:

  • Reciprocal relationships were found between prosocial behavior and core self-evaluation.
  • Reciprocal relationships were also observed between social support and core self-evaluation, and between prosocial behavior and social support.
  • Social support mediated the influence of prosocial behavior on core self-evaluation and vice versa, revealing serial self-enhancement pathways.

Conclusions:

  • Prosocial behavior, social support, and core self-evaluation exhibit dynamic, bidirectional influences throughout adolescence.
  • Social support plays a crucial mediating role in the self-development pathways involving prosocial behavior and core self-evaluation.
  • Interventions promoting prosocial behavior and social support may enhance adolescents' core self-evaluation and overall self-development.