Regulatory Emotional Self-efficacy and Prosocial Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

Lu Li, Jiyu Zhang, Xiaoxi He, Feng Hu, Xiangping Liu, Long Huang and Hairong Liu

SAGE Open, 2023, vol. 13, issue 1, 21582440231152407

Abstract: This study examined the mediating effect of meaning in life and the moderating effect of interpersonal trust on the relationship between regulatory emotional self-efficacy (RESE) and prosocial behavior among Chinese college students. RESE and prosocial behavior were evaluated via a survey of 942 participants (51.59% females), showing that RESE was linked to prosocial behavior, and meaning in life mediated the relationship between RESE and prosocial behavior. Additionally, the interpersonal trust could reinforce RESE and meaning in life. In summary, RESE can not only be directly related to the prosocial behavior of college students through the meaning in life, and interpersonal trust can promote the relationship between RESE and meaning in life.

Keywords: RESE; meaning in life; interpersonal trust; prosocial behavior (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1177/21582440231152407

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