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Journal of Beijing Normal University(Social Sciences) ›› 2018, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (5): 83-91.

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The Effect of Family Environment for Helping Behavior in Middle School Students: Mediation of Self-efficacy and Empathy

DENG Lin-Yuan1, LI Bei-bei2, WU Yong-xin1, XU Rui1, JIN Pei-pei1   

  1. 1.The Faculty of Education, BNU, Beijing 100875;
    2.The Primary School Affiliated the Normal School of Xicheng District of Beijing, Beijing 100875,China
  • Received:2017-01-03 Online:2018-09-25 Published:2019-06-21

Abstract: in order to explore the effect of middle school students' family environment for their helping behavior and the mediation efficacies in this process, 768 students from Shangdong and Chongqing were investigated using four questionnaires. The results are as the following:(1) Middle school students' helping behavior, family environment, empathy and self-efficacy were all at the middle-upper level. (2) There were significant correlations between family environment, empathy, self-efficacy and helping behavior. (3) Self-efficacy, family adaptability and cognitive empathy can significantly predict students' helping behavior positively. (4) There was a direct path from family environment to helping behavior and three indirect ones:family environment→empathy→helping behavior, family environment→self efficacy→helping behavior and environment→empathy→self→efficacy→helping behavior.

Key words: family environment, helping behavior, empathy, self-efficacy, middle school students

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