The influence of prosocial behavior on Affective state of college 
students: the mediating role of self-esteem

Jiayong Zeng; Yanfei Wang

doi:10.18686/modern-management-forum.v7i11.11444

The influence of prosocial behavior on Affective state of college students: the mediating role of self-esteem

Jiayong Zeng, Yanfei Wang

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to explore the correlation between prosocial behavior, self-esteem and affective state of
college students, and to verify the mediating role of self-esteem between prosocial behavior and aff ective state.The Adolescent Prosocial
Behavior Measurement Scale (APTM), Self-esteem Scale (SES) and Positive and Negative affective Scale (PANAS) were used to
investigate 990 college students. The results showed that prosocial behavior were signifi cantly correlated with positive aff ections, but not
signifi cantly correlated with negative aff ections. Self-esteem is positively correlated with positive aff ections and negatively correlated with
negative aff ections. Mediation tests show that self-esteem plays a partial mediating role between prosocial behavior and positive aff ection;
Self-esteem has a suppression eff ect between prosocial behavior and negative aff ection.

Keywords

Prosocial behavior, self-esteem, Positive aff ective, Negative aff ective

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/modern-management-forum.v7i11.11444

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