Relation between charitable behavior and life satisfaction in college students
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2015.04.012
- VernacularTitle:大学生慈善行为与生活满意度的关系
- Author:
Yenan LI
;
Xiaopeng REN
;
Kewen LU
;
Haining LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
charitable behavior;
satisfaction with life;
prisoner's dilemma;
investigation of current state
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2015;(4):301-304
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective:To investigate the relationship of charitable behavior and life satisfaction in college students.Methods:Totally 194 college students were surveyed by using the prisoner's dilemmatask to assess charitable behavior tendency,the donating experiment to assess the actual donation money and Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS)for life satisfaction.The partial correlation analysis and linear regression were used to explore the re-lationship of charitable behavior tendency,donation and life satisfaction.Results:There was significant positive cor-relation between charitable behavior tendency and SWLS scores (r =0.22,P <0.05).The scores of actual donation were significantly and positively correlated with SWLS scores (r =0.19,P <0.05).The scores of life satisfaction of college students were positively associated with both scores of charitable behavior tendency(β=0.21,P <0.05) and donation (β=0.19,P <0.05 ).Conclusion:It suggests that individuals with higher fife satisfaction may be likely to do charitable behavior.
