Psychological Development and Education ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (4): 497-504.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2023.04.05

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The Effect of School Environment on the Rural Left-behind Children's Prosocial Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Psychological Capital and Life Satisfaction

YIN Xiaolan1,2, ZHOU Lujun3, ZHU Cuiying4,5   

  1. 1. Guangxi Sub-Center of China Financial Literacy Education Synergy Innovation Center, Guangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanning 530003;
    2. College of Education, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128;
    3. School of Information and Statistics, Guangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanning 530003;
    4. College of Public Administration and Law, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128;
    5. Hunan Children and Adolescent Health Promotion Research Center, Changsha 410128
  • Published:2023-07-19

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Abstract: To explore the effect of school environment on rural left-behind children's prosocial behaviors and its underlying mechanism, this study investigated 833 rural left-behind children from grade 4 to 8 in Hunan Province of China by using the self-edited school environment questionnaire, Rural Left-behind Children's Psychological Capital Questionnaire, the Life Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Children's Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) (Student Version). The results showed that: (1) There were significant correlations among school environment, psychological capital, life satisfaction as well as prosocial behaviors; and school environment can significantly positively predict prosocial behaviors; (2) Psychological capital and life satisfaction played significant mediating roles between school environment and prosocial behaviors. Specifically, there were three ways for school environment influencing prosocial behaviors: the first was the mediating role of psychological capital; the second was the mediating role of life satisfaction; the third was the chain-mediated role of both psychological capital and life satisfaction. The current study implies that the improvement of school environment is beneficial to the rural left-behind children's positive emotions and mental states so as to promote the increasement of prosocial behaviors.

Key words: school environment, prosocial behaviors, psychological capital, life satisfaction, multiple mediation model, rural left-behind children

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  • B844
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