Psychological Development and Education ›› 2010, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (4): 402-408.

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Prosocial Tendencies and Its Relationship to Personalities and Family Functioning among the Left-home Kids in Junior Middle School

WEI Xin1,2, CHEN Xu1   

  1. 1. Research Center of Mental Health Education, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China;
    2. College of Education Science, Leshan Normal University, Leshan 614000, China
  • Online:2010-07-15 Published:2010-07-15

Abstract: This study investigated the prosocial tendencies of the left-home kids in junior middle school and its relationship to their personalities and family functioning.299 left-home kids and 326 non left-home kids in Sichuan province completed the prosocial tendencies measure,the family assessment device and the five-factor personality questionnaire.The result showed that there were no significant differences on the prosoical tendencies between the left-home kids and non left-home kids.The problem solving in family functions,the openness and conscientiousness in personality could predict the prosoical tendencies of the left-home kihs,which mainly appears as the worse problem solving,the fewer prosocial tendencies,and the more openness and conscientiousness in one's personality traits,the easier for one to show more prosocial tendencies.For connections among prosoical tendencies, personality and family functioning,the openness,agreeableness and conscientiousness in persinality serve completely mediator between prosoical tendencies and family functioning.

Key words: left-home kids in junior middle school, prosocial tendencies, personality, family functioning

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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