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Chinese college students’ parental attachment, peer attachment, and prosocial behaviors: The moderating role of respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Zhang, Yuewen, Yang, Xiaohui, Liu, Danni, Wang, Zhenhong·2020·Biological Psychology
DOI 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107844
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The goal of this study was to examine whether the links between Chinese college students' parental attachment, peer attachment, and prosocial behaviors were moderated by a physiological factor-baseline respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA). The simplified version of the Inventory of Parental and Peer Attachment (IPPA-R) and the Chinese version of the Prosocial Tendencies Measure (PTM-R) were administered to one hundred forty-four undergraduate students (M = 18.96 years, SD = 1.06 years; 30 % men) to assess parental and peer attachment and prosocial behaviors. Baseline RSA was calculated by electrocardiogram (ECG) data collected during a resting period in the laboratory. The results showed that both parental and peer attachment were positively associated with college students' global prosocial behaviors. Moreover, peer attachment interacted with baseline RSA to predict college students' global prosocial behaviors. Specifically, peer attachment was positively related to global prosocial behaviors among college students with low baseline RSA, while peer attachment was not related to global prosocial behaviors among college students with high baseline RSA. In addition, the examination with submeasures of prosocial behaviors revealed that parental and peer attachment and their interaction with baseline RSA have different effects on these different types of prosocial behaviors. The current findings highlight the importance of the consideration of psychosocial factors in conjunction with physiological factors to predict college students' prosocial behaviors.

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  • Evidence from Chinese college students has shown that peer attachment is positively associated with global prosocial behavior.

    “More directly, evidence from Chinese college students has shown that peer attachment is positively associated with global prosocial behavior, suggesting that secure and supportive peer bonds remain an important relational foundation for prosocial tendencies beyond adolescence (Zhang et al., 2020).”

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Authors
Zhang, Y., Yang, X., Liu, D., & Wang, Z.
Affiliations
Shaanxi Normal University (CN)
Corresponding author
Wang, Zhenhong
ORCID
Venue
Biological Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-02
Volume
150
Pages
107844
ISSN
0301-0511 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.biopsycho.2020.107844
OpenAlex
W2998816648
Cited by
24
References
118
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2
FWCI
3.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Biological Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
Keywords
parental attachment, peer attachment, prosocial behavior, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, Chinese university students, heart rate variability
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, China, Electrocardiography, Female, Humans, Male, Object Attachment, Parent-Child Relations, Parents, Peer Group, Social Behavior, Students, Asian People, Young Adult, Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia

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