The Effect of College Students’ Self-Accountability on Prosocial Behavioral Intention in Moral Dilemmas: The Chain Mediating Roles of Self-Efficacy and Anticipated Pride

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.06.016

Abstract

Abstract: To explore the influence mechanism of college students’ self-accountability on their prosocial behavioral intention, 836 college students were investigated by questionnaires on their self-accountability level, general self-efficacy, anticipated pride and prosocial behavioral intention. The results showed that self-accountability among college students could not only directly promote prosocial behavioral intention, but also indirectly influence prosocial behavioral intention through the chain mediation of self-efficacy and anticipated pride. However, the direct predictive effect of self-efficacy was insignificant. The findings provide a theoretical basis for improving the moral level of college students through both the stimulation of the sense of responsibility and the cultivation of moral emotions.

Key words: self-accountability, self-efficacy, anticipated pride, prosocial behavioral intention, college students

摘要： 为探究大学生自我担当对其亲社会行为意愿的影响机制，采用问卷法测查了836名大学生的自我担当水平、一般自我效能感、预期自豪情绪和亲社会行为意愿。结果发现：大学生自我担当不仅能直接促进亲社会行为意愿，还能通过自我效能感经预期自豪的链式中介作用间接影响亲社会行为意愿，但自我效能感的直接预测作用不显著。研究发现为通过责任感激发和道德情绪培养来提升大学生道德水平提供了理论依据。

关键词: 自我担当, 自我效能感, 预期自豪, 亲社会行为意愿, 大学生

CLC Number:

B849

Youlong ZHAN, Xuefen JIANG, Changlin LIU, Xu LIU, Qianbao TAN. The Effect of College Students’ Self-Accountability on Prosocial Behavioral Intention in Moral Dilemmas: The Chain Mediating Roles of Self-Efficacy and Anticipated Pride[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2023, 21(6): 839-845.

占友龙, 江雪芬, 刘长林, 刘旭, 谭千保. 大学生自我担当对道德困境下亲社会行为意愿的影响：自我效能感和预期自豪的链式中介作用[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2023, 21(6): 839-845.

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变量	M±SD	1	2	3	4	5
1.性别
2.年龄	19.43±1.30	–0.08*
3.自我担当	5.84±0.93	0.02	–0.06
4.自我效能感	2.43±0.51	–0.10**	0.00	0.31**
5.预期自豪	5.19±1.17	0.002	–0.01	0.28**	0.25**
6.亲社会行为意愿	0.70±0.18	–0.09*	–0.10**	0.21**	0.13**	0.16**

变量	M±SD	1	2	3	4	5
1.性别
2.年龄	19.43±1.30	–0.08*
3.自我担当	5.84±0.93	0.02	–0.06
4.自我效能感	2.43±0.51	–0.10**	0.00	0.31**
5.预期自豪	5.19±1.17	0.002	–0.01	0.28**	0.25**
6.亲社会行为意愿	0.70±0.18	–0.09*	–0.10**	0.21**	0.13**	0.16**

结果变量	预测变量	R	R²	F	β	t
亲社会行为意愿		0.25	0.06	18.26***
	性别				–0.10	–2.96**
	年龄				–0.10	–2.87**
	自我担当				0.21	6.15***
自我效能感		0.33	0.11	32.97***
	性别				–0.10	–3.19**
	年龄				0.01	0.27
	自我担当				0.31	9.48***
预期自豪		0.33	0.11	25.15***
	性别				0.02	0.49
	年龄				0.01	0.28
	自我担当				0.22	6.35***
	自我效能感				0.19	5.39***
亲社会行为意愿		0.27	0.08	13.46***
	性别				–0.09	–2.79**
	年龄				–0.10	–2.93**
	自我担当				0.16	4.54***
	自我效能感				0.05	1.37
	预期自豪				0.10	2.85**

结果变量	预测变量	R	R²	F	β	t
亲社会行为意愿		0.25	0.06	18.26***
	性别				–0.10	–2.96**
	年龄				–0.10	–2.87**
	自我担当				0.21	6.15***
自我效能感		0.33	0.11	32.97***
	性别				–0.10	–3.19**
	年龄				0.01	0.27
	自我担当				0.31	9.48***
预期自豪		0.33	0.11	25.15***
	性别				0.02	0.49
	年龄				0.01	0.28
	自我担当				0.22	6.35***
	自我效能感				0.19	5.39***
亲社会行为意愿		0.27	0.08	13.46***
	性别				–0.09	–2.79**
	年龄				–0.10	–2.93**
	自我担当				0.16	4.54***
	自我效能感				0.05	1.37
	预期自豪				0.10	2.85**

路径	标准化效应值	效果量(%)	95%CI
路径	标准化效应值	效果量(%)	下限	上限
直接效应
自我担当→亲社会行为意愿	0.16	79.06	0.09	0.23
中介效应
自我担当→自我效能感→ 亲社会行为意愿	0.02	7.45	–0.01	0.04
自我担当→预期自豪→ 亲社会行为意愿	0.02	10.69	0.01	0.04
自我担当→自我效能感→ 预期自豪→亲社会行为意愿	0.01	2.85	0.002	0.01
总中介效应	0.05	20.94	0.02	0.07
总效应	0.21	100	0.14	0.27