Latent profiles adolescent prosocial behavior and their relationship with sense of life meaning
10.3969/j.issn.1000-6729.2025.07.08
- VernacularTitle:青少年亲社会行为潜在类别及其与生命意义感的关系
- Author:
Yuwei WANG
1
;
Xiaotong CHEN
;
Hongyu YU
Author Information
1. 中央民族大学教育学院,北京 100081
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
adolescents;
prosocial behavior;
sense of meaning in life;
latent profile analysis
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
2025;39(7):624-630
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the latent pattern characteristics of adolescent prosocial behavior and their relationship with the sense of life meaning.Methods:A total of 1 500 students from primary and secondary schools were selected.The Adolescent Prosocial Behavior Questionnaire and the Meaning in Life Questionnaire were admin-istered.Latent profile analysis was used to investigate the potential categories of prosocial behavior,and variance a-nalysis was employed to compare the relationship between prosocial behavior and life meaning.Results:Adolescent prosocial behavior was classified into 3 latent categories,namely negative prosocial behavior type(5.7％),altruistic relationship behavior type(36.7％),and positive prosocial behavior type(57.6％).The score differences in each dimension of the variables among the 3 categories were statistically significant(P＜0.01).Among the three latent categories,the positive prosocial behavior type scored higher on all dimensions than the altruistic relationship behav-ior type(P＜0.05),and the altruistic relationship behavior type scored higher than the negative prosocial behavior type(P＜0.05).Conclusion:There are three distinct latent profiles in adolescent prosocial behavior,which are closely associated with the sense of life meaning.
