TY - JOUR
T1 - Prosociality During the Transition From Late Adolescence to Young Adulthood
T2 - The Role of Effortful Control and Ego-Resiliency
AU - Alessandri, Guido
AU - Luengo Kanacri, Bernadette Paula
AU - Eisenberg, Nancy
AU - Zuffianò, Antonio
AU - Milioni, Michela
AU - Vecchione, Michele
AU - Caprara, Gian Vittorio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.
PY - 2014/11/11
Y1 - 2014/11/11
N2 - The present prospective study examined the prediction of prosociality from effortful control and ego-resiliency from late adolescence to emerging adulthood. Participants were 476 young adults (239 males and 237 females) with a mean age of 16 years (SD =.81) at T1, 18 years (SD =.83) at T2, 20 years (SD =.79) at T3, 22 years (SD =.81) at T4, and 26 years (SD =.81) at T5. Controlling for the stability of the examined variables and the effect of potential confounding variables (i.e., sex, socioeconomic status [SES], and age), results supported a model in which a temperamental dimension, effortful control, positively predicted a specific behavioral tendency (i.e., prosociality) indirectly through mediation by a personality factor (i.e., ego-resiliency). Practical implications of the results are discussed in terms of the importance of early prevention efforts designed to enhance the capacity to cope effectively with emotional reactions and difficult situations.
AB - The present prospective study examined the prediction of prosociality from effortful control and ego-resiliency from late adolescence to emerging adulthood. Participants were 476 young adults (239 males and 237 females) with a mean age of 16 years (SD =.81) at T1, 18 years (SD =.83) at T2, 20 years (SD =.79) at T3, 22 years (SD =.81) at T4, and 26 years (SD =.81) at T5. Controlling for the stability of the examined variables and the effect of potential confounding variables (i.e., sex, socioeconomic status [SES], and age), results supported a model in which a temperamental dimension, effortful control, positively predicted a specific behavioral tendency (i.e., prosociality) indirectly through mediation by a personality factor (i.e., ego-resiliency). Practical implications of the results are discussed in terms of the importance of early prevention efforts designed to enhance the capacity to cope effectively with emotional reactions and difficult situations.
KW - effortful control
KW - ego-resiliency
KW - longitudinal mediation
KW - prosociality
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U2 - 10.1177/0146167214549321
DO - 10.1177/0146167214549321
M3 - Article
C2 - 25260363
AN - SCOPUS:84908587545
SN - 0146-1672
VL - 40
SP - 1451
EP - 1465
JO - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
JF - Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
IS - 11
ER -