Influence of urban residents' life satisfaction on prosocial behavioral intentions in the community: A multiple mediation model. Issue 2 (1st November 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Heyun; Zhao, Huanhuan
• Is Part Of: Journal of community psychology. Volume 49:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 406
• Page End: 418
• Publication Date: 2020-11-01
• Subjects: community prosocial behavioral intentions -- life satisfaction -- multiple mediation model -- urban residents; Clinical psychology -- Periodicals; Social psychiatry -- Periodicals; Community Mental Health Services -- Periodicals; 362.2205
• DOI: 10.1002/jcop.22467
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0090-4392

Abstract

Abstract: Prosocial behavior is a category of acts that benefits other people and society. However, previous researchers have paid little attention to the study of community prosocial behavior. Accordingly, the present study adopts multiple mediation analysis to investigate how urban residents' life satisfaction influences their prosocial behavioral intentions in the community. This study collects data from an online survey of Chinese urban residents ( N = 765) using self‐administered questionnaires. Results show the following: (1) a positive association exists between urban residents' life satisfaction and their community prosocial behavioral intentions; (2) multiple mediation analysis reveals that orientation to meaning life, perception of virtuous humanity, and cognitive reappraisal mediated the relationship between urban residents' life satisfaction and prosocial behavioral intentions. These findings suggest that urban residents' life satisfaction may facilitate their community prosocial behavioral intentions via high levels of orientation to meaning life, perception of virtuous humanity, and cognitive reappraisal. This study also discusses certain contributions and limitations.