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The Influence of Chinese Parenting on Adolescent Pro-social Behavior
- 1 Qingdao University
- 2 Hangzhou Dianzi University
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Abstract
Since teenagers tend to behave treasonably in their adolescence, researchers are more likely to focus on their problem behaviors, which neglect their pro-social behavior. However, instead of solving and dealing with the problems they currently faced, it is much more significant to promote the development of pro-social behavior positive in their adolescence. This article reviews previous literature and organizes the influence of pro-social behavior on adolescents through parenting in various scales and concludes mediation and moderation. The main arguments of this paper are: 1) divided parenting into parenting style and parenting behavior and defined pro-social behavior; 2) compared different influences on pro-social behavior by scales of parenting behavior and parenting style in different dimensions; 3) discussed the mediation and moderation between parenting and pro-social behavior. This article finds that positive parenting can greatly benefit adolescents’ pro-social behavior, and also inspires researchers to focus more on factors, such as gender differences, single parents, and the system of the whole family, which can influence the development of pro-social behavior by parenting differently.
Keywords
parenting, teenager, pro-social behavior
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Chen,J.;Wang,J. (2023).The Influence of Chinese Parenting on Adolescent Pro-social Behavior.Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,14,1-7.
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