Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 19, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19116466
Keywords
awe; prosocial behavior; presence of meaning in life; perceived social support; longitudinal moderated mediation model
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31972906, 32060197]
- Guangxi Philosophy and Social Science Project [20BSH002]
- Key Topic of Theoretical and Practical Research of Ideological and Political Education for Guangxi University and College Students [2020MSZ039]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi [2019JJB130190]
- Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing [cstc2020jcyj-msxmX0215]
- High-end Foreign Expert Introduction Program [G20190022029]
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This study examines the relationship between awe and prosocial behavior in Chinese college students. The findings show that awe is positively associated with prosocial behavior, and this relationship is mediated by the presence of meaning in life. Additionally, perceived social support moderates these associations.
Although awe has been shown to increase prosocial behavior, there is limited knowledge about the mechanisms underlying this relationship, and about this relationship during unique periods. To bridge these gaps, this study examined the influence of awe on prosocial behaviors, the mediating role of the presence of meaning in life, and the moderating role of perceived social support. Based on longitudinal surveys from 676 Chinese college students we showed that: (1) awe was positively associated with prosocial behavior; (2) the presence of meaning in life mediated this association, and; (3) these associations were moderated by perceived social support. Specifically, the positive relationship between awe and the presence of meaning in life was only significant for college students with low perceived social support; and the positive relationship between the presence of meaning in life and prosocial behavior was stronger for college students with high perceived social support.
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