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The Influence of Subjective Social Status on Adolescents’ Prosocial Risk-taking Behavior: A Regulated Chain Mediation Model

ZHANG Huiru1, ZHU Haidong1,2, JIA Xiaoshan1, MA Chao1   

  1. 1. Normal College of Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003;
    2. Center for Psychological Application of Shihezi University, Shihezi 832003
  • Published:2024-08-27

Abstract: In order to explore the influence of subjective social status on adolescents’ prosocial risk-taking behavior, 1106 adolescents from 3 high schools were investigated by using the adolescents’ subjective social status scale, the prosocial risk-taking behavior scale, the belief in a just world scale and self-esteem scale. The results showed that: (1) Subjective social status positively predicted prosocial risk-taking behavior of adolescents; (2) Belief in a just world and self-esteem not only played partial mediating roles between subjective social status and prosocial risk-taking behavior, but also played chain mediating roles between them; (3) There were significant gender differences in the above chain mediation model, and gender moderated the pathway of “subjective social status-pro-social risk-taking behavior” in the above chain mediation model. This study reveals the influence of subjective social status on adolescents’ prosocial risk-taking behavior and its mechanism, providing theoretical guidance and empirical evidence for the intervention and guidance of adolescents’ prosocial risk-taking behavior.

Key words: prosocial risk-taking behavior, subjective social status, belief in a just world, self-esteem

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  • B844
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