We investigated the reactions and preferences of the Chinese populace, particularly young adults, toward China's three-child policy, a recent strategy aimed at addressing the nation's aging population that allows couples to have up to three children. By monitoring Sina Weibo discussions related to fertility policies, we gauged public sentiment and potential emotional contagion. We collected 711 main posts and 26,515 responses and used the sentiment analysis method to identify the emotional tendencies of each post, thus determining if emotional contagion occurred. Results showed there were 631 posts with negative emotional contagion effects and 554 posts with positive emotional contagion effects. Further textual analysis indicated that the Chinese public maintains a pessimistic outlook on the three-child policy and expresses concern about the detrimental impact of social circumstances and the difficulties women encounter concerning fertility.
{"title":"Chinese young adults' perception of fertility: Emotional contagion in fertility policy discussions on Sina Weibo","authors":"Yijie Ye, Yun Sang, Yubin Li, Hao Gao","doi":"10.2224/sbp.13034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.13034","url":null,"abstract":"We investigated the reactions and preferences of the Chinese populace, particularly young adults, toward China's three-child policy, a recent strategy aimed at addressing the nation's aging population that allows couples to have up to three children. By monitoring Sina Weibo discussions\u0000 related to fertility policies, we gauged public sentiment and potential emotional contagion. We collected 711 main posts and 26,515 responses and used the sentiment analysis method to identify the emotional tendencies of each post, thus determining if emotional contagion occurred. Results\u0000 showed there were 631 posts with negative emotional contagion effects and 554 posts with positive emotional contagion effects. Further textual analysis indicated that the Chinese public maintains a pessimistic outlook on the three-child policy and expresses concern about the detrimental impact\u0000 of social circumstances and the difficulties women encounter concerning fertility.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"23 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140263472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
To test the relationship between social face consciousness (SFC) and life satisfaction (LS) among new employees in a Chinese context, we administered the Consciousness of Social Face Scale, the Satisfaction With Life Scale, the Perceived Social Support Scale, and the Ruminative Responses Scale to 624 employees with 1 year or less of service in the job market. The results showed that SFC had a significant negative predictive effect on new employees’ LS, and indirectly affected new employees’ LS through perceived social support. Further, rumination played a significant role in moderating the influence of SFC on new employees’ LS; specifically, for new employees with a low level of rumination, SFC had no significant predictive effect on LS, whereas for those with a high level of rumination, SFC had a significant negative predictive effect on their LS. Thus, SFC inhibits new employees’ LS and affects LS through the intermediary role of perceived social support, while rumination moderates this relationship. This study provides insight into how new employees can improve their LS in practice.
{"title":"Social face consciousness and life satisfaction in new employees: The roles of perceived social support and rumination","authors":"Chang Wang, Yuzhu Zhang, Yu-Qi Zhang","doi":"10.2224/sbp.10727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.10727","url":null,"abstract":"To test the relationship between social face consciousness (SFC) and life satisfaction (LS) among new employees in a Chinese context, we administered the Consciousness of Social Face Scale, the Satisfaction With Life Scale, the Perceived Social Support Scale, and the Ruminative Responses\u0000 Scale to 624 employees with 1 year or less of service in the job market. The results showed that SFC had a significant negative predictive effect on new employees’ LS, and indirectly affected new employees’ LS through perceived social support. Further, rumination played a significant\u0000 role in moderating the influence of SFC on new employees’ LS; specifically, for new employees with a low level of rumination, SFC had no significant predictive effect on LS, whereas for those with a high level of rumination, SFC had a significant negative predictive effect on their LS.\u0000 Thus, SFC inhibits new employees’ LS and affects LS through the intermediary role of perceived social support, while rumination moderates this relationship. This study provides insight into how new employees can improve their LS in practice.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"65 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140261498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A quality teacher–student relationship facilitates students' psychological wellbeing, but the mechanism underlying this relationship remains unclear. To address this issue, we investigated the role of a supportive school climate in the link between teacher–student relationships and college students' psychological well-being. We used a paper-based questionnaire to collect data from 318 students enrolled in three universities in west China, and used Amos 22.0 software to establish a structural equation model. The results indicated there was a significant positive link between teacher–student relationships and students' psychological well-being, and that supportive school climate partially mediated this link. This study extends the conclusions of prior research and provides new insights into how teacher–student relationships affect the psychological well-being of college students.
{"title":"Teacher–student relationships and college students' psychological well-being: The mediating role of supportive school climate","authors":"Yuan Xu, Qi Zhu, Yueyang Chen","doi":"10.2224/sbp.1298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.1298","url":null,"abstract":"A quality teacher–student relationship facilitates students' psychological wellbeing, but the mechanism underlying this relationship remains unclear. To address this issue, we investigated the role of a supportive school climate in the link between teacher–student relationships\u0000 and college students' psychological well-being. We used a paper-based questionnaire to collect data from 318 students enrolled in three universities in west China, and used Amos 22.0 software to establish a structural equation model. The results indicated there was a significant positive link\u0000 between teacher–student relationships and students' psychological well-being, and that supportive school climate partially mediated this link. This study extends the conclusions of prior research and provides new insights into how teacher–student relationships affect the psychological\u0000 well-being of college students.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"25 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140460301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We examined the association between work–family conflict and turnover intention by exploring the mediating effect of job satisfaction and the moderating effect of career calling. Data from 1,346 Chinese rural preschool teachers were processed using correlation analysis and hierarchical linear regression analysis. The results revealed that work–family conflict was significantly and positively associated with rural preschool teachers' turnover intention. Job satisfaction mediated this relationship, while career calling moderated the association between work–family conflict and job satisfaction. These findings contribute to understanding of turnover intention among rural preschool teachers and suggest the need to enhance career calling to promote job satisfaction and reduce turnover in this profession.
{"title":"Work–family conflict influences the turnover intention of Chinese rural preschool teachers: A moderated mediation model","authors":"Fang Wang, Zhicheng Wang","doi":"10.2224/sbp.12885","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.12885","url":null,"abstract":"We examined the association between work–family conflict and turnover intention by exploring the mediating effect of job satisfaction and the moderating effect of career calling. Data from 1,346 Chinese rural preschool teachers were processed using correlation analysis and hierarchical\u0000 linear regression analysis. The results revealed that work–family conflict was significantly and positively associated with rural preschool teachers' turnover intention. Job satisfaction mediated this relationship, while career calling moderated the association between work–family\u0000 conflict and job satisfaction. These findings contribute to understanding of turnover intention among rural preschool teachers and suggest the need to enhance career calling to promote job satisfaction and reduce turnover in this profession.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"262 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140460657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Many studies have determined the existence of a close association between childhood maltreatment and internet addiction; however, the internal mechanism has not been fully investigated. This study explored the effect of childhood maltreatment on internet addiction among college students, focusing on the mediating effects of social support and self-esteem. Respondents were 442 college students, who completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire–Short Form, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Internet Addiction Test. Results showed that childhood maltreatment, social support, and self-esteem were all significantly correlated with internet addiction. Structural equation modeling results indicated that social support and self-esteem partially mediated the effect of childhood maltreatment on internet addiction. Limitations and implications of the current study are discussed.
{"title":"Effect of childhood maltreatment on internet addiction among college students: The mediators of social support and self-esteem","authors":"Guangya Zhou, Yanna Li","doi":"10.2224/sbp.12889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.12889","url":null,"abstract":"Many studies have determined the existence of a close association between childhood maltreatment and internet addiction; however, the internal mechanism has not been fully investigated. This study explored the effect of childhood maltreatment on internet addiction among college students,\u0000 focusing on the mediating effects of social support and self-esteem. Respondents were 442 college students, who completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire–Short Form, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, and the Internet Addiction\u0000 Test. Results showed that childhood maltreatment, social support, and self-esteem were all significantly correlated with internet addiction. Structural equation modeling results indicated that social support and self-esteem partially mediated the effect of childhood maltreatment on internet\u0000 addiction. Limitations and implications of the current study are discussed.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"199 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140460715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Although culture plays an essential role in destination image creation, few studies have examined the effectiveness of culture mixing in the tourism industry. Thus, we tested the impact of culture mixing on travel intention with a sample of 279 tourists in China. Results revealed a distributional effect of cultural iconicity on culture mixing, which suggests that tourists preferred culture mixing and showed a strong travel intention, but only for destinations with a low level of cultural iconicity. In contrast, they expressed a negative response to culture mixing when the destination had high cultural iconicity. Additionally, we examined the mediating roles of confusion experience and creativity perception to further strengthen understanding of culture mixing in the tourism context. Our findings provide insight into how to build creative tourism destination environments and advise prestigious destinations on how to utilize cultural tactics in advertising.
{"title":"The impact and mechanism of culture mixing on travel intention","authors":"Youxian Pan, Qian Liu, Xinran Wang, Yibo Xie","doi":"10.2224/sbp.12909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.12909","url":null,"abstract":"Although culture plays an essential role in destination image creation, few studies have examined the effectiveness of culture mixing in the tourism industry. Thus, we tested the impact of culture mixing on travel intention with a sample of 279 tourists in China. Results revealed a\u0000 distributional effect of cultural iconicity on culture mixing, which suggests that tourists preferred culture mixing and showed a strong travel intention, but only for destinations with a low level of cultural iconicity. In contrast, they expressed a negative response to culture mixing when\u0000 the destination had high cultural iconicity. Additionally, we examined the mediating roles of confusion experience and creativity perception to further strengthen understanding of culture mixing in the tourism context. Our findings provide insight into how to build creative tourism destination\u0000 environments and advise prestigious destinations on how to utilize cultural tactics in advertising.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"110 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140461018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guoliang Yang, Zhihua Wang, Weijiong Wu, Ruiming Wang
We constructed a moderated mediation model to examine the mediating effect of social identification between the psychological distance of the role model and students' sense of purpose and the moderating effect of students' social comparison orientation on the relationship between psychological distance of the role model and students' social identification, which subsequently affects their sense of purpose. Participants were 518 Chinese undergraduates who completed experiments in two studies, and a survey in a third study. Results showed that (a) after excluding the influences of gender and major, psychological distance from their role models negatively predicted participants' sense of purpose; (b) social identification partially mediated the relationship between psychological distance and sense of purpose; and (c) social comparison orientation moderated the negative effects of psychological distance on social identification. Our results show that for the practice of education by example, students should be guided to choose proximal role models as references to enhance their sense of purpose, and thereby reduce the hollow heart phenomenon.
{"title":"The power of role models: Influence on undergraduates' sense of purpose","authors":"Guoliang Yang, Zhihua Wang, Weijiong Wu, Ruiming Wang","doi":"10.2224/sbp.12930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.12930","url":null,"abstract":"We constructed a moderated mediation model to examine the mediating effect of social identification between the psychological distance of the role model and students' sense of purpose and the moderating effect of students' social comparison orientation on the relationship between psychological\u0000 distance of the role model and students' social identification, which subsequently affects their sense of purpose. Participants were 518 Chinese undergraduates who completed experiments in two studies, and a survey in a third study. Results showed that (a) after excluding the influences of\u0000 gender and major, psychological distance from their role models negatively predicted participants' sense of purpose; (b) social identification partially mediated the relationship between psychological distance and sense of purpose; and (c) social comparison orientation moderated the negative\u0000 effects of psychological distance on social identification. Our results show that for the practice of education by example, students should be guided to choose proximal role models as references to enhance their sense of purpose, and thereby reduce the hollow heart phenomenon.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"18 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140460313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ruchang Guo, Haiyin Sun, Diyuan Cheng, Yijia Li, Namgyu Cho
In recent years the value cocreation-oriented online music community has grown at an astonishing rate. To clarify the relationship between value cocreation and users' continuance intention in an online music community, we added aesthetic value to value cocreation based on service-dominant logic, and explored the chain mediating role of empathy and trust in this model. Using convenience sampling we collected 338 valid questionnaires from people who had used NetEase Cloud online music community within the past 6 months. Structural equation modeling results showed that aesthetic value had no effect on empathy and trust, but the relationships between the other variables in the model showed positive correlations, and empathy and trust had independent and chain mediating roles in this connection. Our findings provide a theoretical basis for the sustainable development of online music communities.
{"title":"Value cocreation in online music communities: Empathy and trust as mediators","authors":"Ruchang Guo, Haiyin Sun, Diyuan Cheng, Yijia Li, Namgyu Cho","doi":"10.2224/sbp.12956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.12956","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years the value cocreation-oriented online music community has grown at an astonishing rate. To clarify the relationship between value cocreation and users' continuance intention in an online music community, we added aesthetic value to value cocreation based on service-dominant\u0000 logic, and explored the chain mediating role of empathy and trust in this model. Using convenience sampling we collected 338 valid questionnaires from people who had used NetEase Cloud online music community within the past 6 months. Structural equation modeling results showed that aesthetic\u0000 value had no effect on empathy and trust, but the relationships between the other variables in the model showed positive correlations, and empathy and trust had independent and chain mediating roles in this connection. Our findings provide a theoretical basis for the sustainable development\u0000 of online music communities.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"23 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140460468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study presents a meta-analysis of 59 separate samples sourced from 49 studies, pooling a sample size of 34,442 participants to examine the relationship between leadership style and public service motivation. We found that leader–member exchange leadership, charismatic leadership, and servant leadership had a strong positive correlation with public service motivation, while transactional leadership, ethical leadership, and transformational leadership had a moderate positive correlation with public service motivation. Moreover, cultural background, the measurement instrument used to assess public service motivation, and the source of participants moderated the correlation between leadership style and public service motivation. In contrast, the moderating effect of research design was nonsignificant. The results elucidate the relationship between leadership style and public service motivation and provide theoretical guidance for public sector management practice.
{"title":"Relationship between leadership style and public service motivation: A meta-analysis","authors":"Mengxiao Ding, Chengli Wang","doi":"10.2224/sbp.12980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.12980","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents a meta-analysis of 59 separate samples sourced from 49 studies, pooling a sample size of 34,442 participants to examine the relationship between leadership style and public service motivation. We found that leader–member exchange leadership, charismatic leadership,\u0000 and servant leadership had a strong positive correlation with public service motivation, while transactional leadership, ethical leadership, and transformational leadership had a moderate positive correlation with public service motivation. Moreover, cultural background, the measurement instrument\u0000 used to assess public service motivation, and the source of participants moderated the correlation between leadership style and public service motivation. In contrast, the moderating effect of research design was nonsignificant. The results elucidate the relationship between leadership style\u0000 and public service motivation and provide theoretical guidance for public sector management practice.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"188 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140460549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We examined the effects of sentence-final particles (SFPs) in comprehending different types of irony by Chinese-speaking children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). We tested 15 children with ASDs, along with another 15 typically developing (TD) children. In our test, by manipulating the use of the prototypical SFP /a/, participants were required to judge the speaker's attitude and real intention in ironic utterances of 16 stories and to further explain the language phenomenon. The results of a three-way analysis of variance showed a significant difference between the two groups: first, children with ASDs performed significantly worse than did their TD counterparts; second, while TD children relied more on SFPs to understand irony of compliment, children with ASDs only performed better with SFPs in comprehending irony of criticism. The differences are discussed in relation to theory of mind, the frequency of utterance, and rules of cognition.
{"title":"Comprehending irony via sentence-final particles by Chinese children with autism spectrum disorders","authors":"Di Zhang, Zhibo Wang, Baopeng Ma","doi":"10.2224/sbp.12594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.12594","url":null,"abstract":"We examined the effects of sentence-final particles (SFPs) in comprehending different types of irony by Chinese-speaking children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). We tested 15 children with ASDs, along with another 15 typically developing (TD) children. In our test, by manipulating\u0000 the use of the prototypical SFP /a/, participants were required to judge the speaker's attitude and real intention in ironic utterances of 16 stories and to further explain the language phenomenon. The results of a three-way analysis of variance showed a significant difference between\u0000 the two groups: first, children with ASDs performed significantly worse than did their TD counterparts; second, while TD children relied more on SFPs to understand irony of compliment, children with ASDs only performed better with SFPs in comprehending irony of criticism. The differences are\u0000 discussed in relation to theory of mind, the frequency of utterance, and rules of cognition.","PeriodicalId":179062,"journal":{"name":"Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal","volume":"110 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140460747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}