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

Youlong ZHAN; Xuefen JIANG; Changlin LIU; Xu LIU; Qianbao TAN

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.06.016

2023 , Vol. 21 >Issue 6: 839 - 845

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.06.016

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

Youlong ZHAN ,
Xuefen JIANG ,
Changlin LIU ,
Xu LIU ,
Qianbao TAN

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1. School of Education, Hunan University of Science and Technology, Xiangtan 411201
2. Department of Psychology, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872

Received date: 2022-12-21

Online published: 2024-01-24

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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

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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 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.06.016

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