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ERIC Number: EJ1240465
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Feb
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1053-1890
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Bidirectional Relations between Subjective Well-Being in School and Prosocial Behavior among Elementary School-Aged Children: A Longitudinal Study
Chen, Xueyi; Tian, Lili; Huebner, E. Scott
Child & Youth Care Forum, v49 n1 p77-95 Feb 2020
Background: The development of prosocial behavior is a significant aspect of children's social well-being. From the perspective of positive psychology, subjective well-being (SWB) "in school" is likely a particularly relevant construct in elementary school-aged children's prosocial development. Research on the relation between SWB in school and prosocial behavior among elementary school-aged children is limited and the relation remains to be clarified using more stringent, longer-term longitudinal methodology and analyses. Objective: Our primary goal was to examine the longitudinal relations between SWB in school and prosocial behavior among elementary school-aged children in a longitudinal framework. Method: A total of 634 Chinese elementary school-aged children (baseline M[subscript age] = 9.01) participated on three measurement occasions across 2 years at 12-month intervals. Data on children's SWB in school and prosocial behavior was collected from participants' self-reports. Longitudinal measurement invariance was tested for the scales. A series of three-wave autoregressive cross-lagged models were used to examine whether SWB in school predicted prosocial behavior or vice versa, and whether the pattern of relations between them was stable over time. Results: Results revealed positive, bidirectional relations between SWB in school and prosocial behavior among elementary school-aged children, after controlling for gender, grade level, and parental education levels. This pattern of relations was stable over time. Conclusions: The relation between SWB in school and prosocial behavior is positive and bidirectional among elementary school-aged children. These results suggest the importance of comprehensive social-emotional interventions in promoting the positive development of elementary school-aged children.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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