Internet altruistic motivation promotes internet altruistic behavior: a moderated mediation model

Zheng, Xianliang; Zhu, Xiaoyu; Zhou, Xiangsen; Xie, Fangwei; Huang, Lijuan

doi:10.1007/s12144-022-03918-x

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“…Internet altruistic behavior scale. The Internet Altruistic Behavior Scale designed by Zheng et al (2011) was adopted in this study, which has been proven to be applicable to Chinese adolescents. This scale contains 26 items across four dimensions: Internet support (9 items), Internet guidance (6 items), Internet reminders (5 items), and Internet sharing (6 items).…”

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Parental emotional warmth and adolescent internet altruism behavior: a moderated mediation model

Zhou,

Leng,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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As a double-edged sword, the Internet is prone to breed cyber violence and bullying on the one hand, on the other hand, it can promote the expansion of altruistic behavior in cyberspace. Exploring the mechanism of generating Internet altruistic behaviors can help improve adolescents’ adaptive development and build a harmonious online environment. In light of this, this study constructed a hypothetical model of parental emotional warmth and adolescents’ Internet altruistic behaviors with gratitude trait as the mediating variable and belief in a just world as the moderating variable, in order to investigate how personal experiences, personality, and social cognition affect the practice of Internet altruistic behavior. A total of 1004 adolescents from two middle schools in China were selected for the survey. The results showed that parental emotional warmth significantly and positively affects adolescents’ Internet altruistic behaviors, while gratitude mediated this path between the two, with the mediating effect accounting for 27.07% and 24.27% of the total effect in the model of paternal and maternal emotional warmth, respectively. Moreover, in the paternal emotional warmth model, this indirect effect was moderated by belief in a just world, and the indirect effect was stronger for adolescents with lower beliefs in a just world relative to those with higher beliefs. Relative to paternal emotional warmth, belief in a just world was not significant in moderating the indirect effects of maternal emotional warmth on Internet altruistic behavior through gratitude. This research aims to provide more empirical research on the mechanisms of adolescents’ Internet altruistic behaviors and to provide more insights into the promotion of responsible and appropriate Internet use among adolescents.

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Parental emotional warmth and adolescent internet altruism behavior: a moderated mediation model

Zhou,

Leng,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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“…The Internet Altruistic Behavior Scale of Undergraduates (IABSU; X. L. Zheng et al, 2011) was used to assess OPB. This scale includes 26 items organized under four dimensions of OPB: online support (e.g., “Bless others online”), online guidance (e.g., “Provide answers and guidance to questions on the Internet”), online sharing (e.g., “Share your life experiences and feelings with others online”) and online reminding (e.g., “Expose some illegal incidents online to alert others”).…”

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Self‐compassion and subjective well‐being: A moderated mediation model of online prosocial behavior and gratitude

Zeng

Nie

Geng

et al. 2022

Psychology in the Schools

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Previous studies have shown that personal factors serve as mediators in the link between self‐compassion and subjective well‐being (SWB). However, these studies have neglected the possibility that online prosocial behavior (OPB) may serve as a mediator in the link between self‐compassion and SWB. Based on the PERMA theory of well‐being and the protective‐protective model, the current study examined whether OPB would mediate the association between self‐compassion and individual SWB, and whether gratitude would moderate the association between self‐compassion and OPB. A valid sample of 1488 college students (Mage = 19.84; SD = 1.61) filled out questionnaires regarding demographics, self‐compassion, OPB, gratitude, and SWB. Results showed that, after controlling for gender, age, daily online time, and social desirability, OPB mediated the association between self‐compassion and individual SWB, and gratitude strengthened the positive association between self‐compassion and OPB. These findings reveal that high self‐compassionate and grateful people can enhance their subjective well‐being through behaving prosocially online.

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“…IAB, as the concrete embodiment of prosocial behavior in the Internet environment, has attracted the interest and attention of scholars [8][9][10] . IAB refers to the conscious and voluntary online behaviors that are bene cial to others and society without expecting any return [11] . For instance, leave messages on the Internet to support and comfort those who are feeling down; when you see fraudulent information, remind netizens not to be cheated and so on.…”

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“…We used the IAB Scale [11] . This scale contains 26 items including 4 dimensions: Internet support, Internet guidance, Internet sharing, and Internet reminding.…”

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The Impact of Childhood Psychological Abuse on Internet Altruistic Behavior: The Chain Mediating Role of Dark Triad and Negative Cognitive Emotional Regulation

Zheng,

Song,

Zhou

et al. 2024

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Under the Chinese culture of filial piety, parents have absolute authority, and many of their behaviors are actually psychological abuse of their children, but the parents themselves are not aware of it. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 567 Chinese college students (Mage = 19.56, SD = 0.49, 40.21% males) to explore the relationship between childhood psychological abuse (CPA) and Internet altruistic behavior (IAB), as well as the role of dark triad and negative cognitive emotion regulation (NCER). Results indicated that: (1) There was a significant negative correlation between CPA and IAB; (2) NCER played a partially mediating role between CPA and IAB, whereas the mediating role of dark triad between CPA and IAB was insignificant; (3) Dark triad and NCER played a chain mediating role between CPA and IAB. The present study provides a new perspective on IAB from the perspective of family functioning and positive psychological interventions.

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Internet altruistic motivation promotes internet altruistic behavior: a moderated mediation model

Cited by 5 publications

References 42 publications

Parental emotional warmth and adolescent internet altruism behavior: a moderated mediation model

Parental emotional warmth and adolescent internet altruism behavior: a moderated mediation model

Self‐compassion and subjective well‐being: A moderated mediation model of online prosocial behavior and gratitude

The Impact of Childhood Psychological Abuse on Internet Altruistic Behavior: The Chain Mediating Role of Dark Triad and Negative Cognitive Emotional Regulation

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