The Influence of Parent-child Relationship on Prosocial Risk-taking Behavior in Adolescents: Understanding the Chain Mediating Role of Perceived Social Support and Psychological Capital
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https://doi.org/10.53469/jerp.2025.07(02).08Keywords:
Adolescent prosocial risk-taking behavior, Parent-child relationship, Perceived social support, Psychological capitalAbstract
To explore the influence mechanism of parent-child relationship, perceived social support and psychological capital on adolescents' prosocial risk-taking behavior. The parent-child intimacy scale, prosocial risk-taking behavior scale, perceptive social support scale and psychological capital questionnaire were used to investigate 556 middle school students. The results showed that parent-child relationship was positively correlated with prosocial risk-taking behavior. Perceptive social support and positive psychological capital play a chain mediating role between parent-child relationship and prosocial risk-taking behavior. This study explores the mechanism of parent-child relationship and prosocial risk-taking behavior of adolescents, and the results of this study can provide intervention guidance for promoting the occurrence of prosocial risk-taking behavior of adolescents.
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