一项对预测美国拉丁裔早期青少年以后学业成绩的亲社会行为进行纵向研究
Alysia Maryse Cruz1, Gustavo Carlo1, Zehra Gulseven2
1School of Education, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
Journal of adolescence
|September 6, 2024
概括
亲社会行为对美国拉丁裔青少年的学业表现产生了积极的影响,主要是通过提高自我效能. 在这项研究中,社交技能并没有显著调解这种关系.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 教育心理学教育心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 亲社会行为提供了发展上的好处,但它们对美国拉丁裔早期青少年学业成绩的具体影响仍未得到充分研究.
- 现有的文献强调了亲社会主义的重要性,但缺乏详细的解释,说明它与这一人口中的学术成功的联系.
- 这项研究通过检查亲社会行为与学术表现关系中的调解因素来解决这一差距.
研究的目的:
- 调查社会技能和自我效能在亲社会行为和学业表现之间的关系中扮演的调解角色.
- 了解亲社会行为影响美国拉丁裔早期青少年教育成果的具体途径.
- 提供关于心理机制的经验证据,将亲社会性与学术成就联系起来.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及543名低收入美国拉丁裔中学生的纵向研究.
- 在三个时间点收集的数据,测量了亲社会行为,社交技能,自我效能和学业表现.
- 统计分析来检查调解效应.
主要成果:
- 亲社会行为与随着时间的推移增加的自我效能有积极的联系.
- 反过来,自我效能与更高的学业成绩有显著的联系.
- 没有发现社会技能在亲社会行为和学业表现之间有显著的调解作用.
结论:
- 自我有效性成为亲社会行为和学业表现之间的积极关联的关键调解者.
- 这些发现强调了培养自我有效性的重要性,以提高美国拉丁裔早期青少年的教育成果.
- 旨在促进亲社会行为的干预措施应考虑结合建立自我效能的策略.
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