Ethnic socialization, identity, and values associated with U.S. Latino/a young adults’ prosocial behaviors.

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara Streit ◽  
Gustavo Carlo ◽  
Sarah E. Killoren
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Ethnic Socialization ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors

Family support and prosocial behaviors in U. S. Mexican and European American young adults : the intervening roles of respect and sociocognitive/emotive traits

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Cara Streit
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
European American ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Sibling Support ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
American Young Adults

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The primary aim of this study is to consider mothers, fathers, and siblings as socialization agents of young adult's prosocial behaviors and to consider the mediating roles of cultural values and sociocognitive/emotive traits. In order to build on previous work, these relations are examined in a sample of European American and U.S. Latino young adults. The final sample included 184 U.S. Latino (N = 143, 78.6 % female; M age = 20.68, SD =2.05) and 348 European American young adults (N = 275, 79.5 % female; M age = 19.52, SD =1.11). Results from path analyses demonstrate complex and differential predictors associated with prosocial behaviors, as distinguished by the target of helping. Cultural values and young adults' sociocognitive and emotive traits largely served as underlying mechanisms in the relations between family support and prosocial behaviors, although these relations were differentiated by the target of helping. There was also evidence for the moderating role of young adults' gender in the model assessing prosocial behaviors toward family members, such that for men, there were several indirect and direct effects of paternal support (but not maternal or sibling support) in fostering prosocial behaviors toward family members. Discussion will focus on the integration of socialization, cognitive developmental, and cultural theories in predicting prosocial behaviors towards different helping targets.

Ethnic-Racial and Religious Identity as Mediators of Relations Between Ethnic-Racial Socialization and Prosocial Behaviors Among Black Young Adults

2020 ◽  
pp. 009579842097138
Author(s):  
Sahitya Maiya ◽  
Gustavo Carlo ◽  
Antoinette M. Landor ◽  
Madison K. Memmott-Elison
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Racial Identity ◽  
Racial Socialization ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Cultural Socialization ◽  
Mediation Analyses ◽  
Prosocial Development ◽  
Identity Processes

Scholars have long asserted the importance of studying cultural socialization processes predicting prosocial behaviors, but studies on this topic among Black young adults are rare. The current study examined the mediating roles of ethnic-racial identity and religious identity in associations between ethnic-racial socialization and prosocial behaviors among Black young adults. Participants consisted of 208 Black young adults ( Mage = 19.90 years, SDage = 1.62, 73.6% women) from universities across the United States, who reported on their ethnic-racial socialization, ethnic-racial identity, religious identity, and prosocial behaviors. Mediation analyses showed that ethnic-racial identity and religious identity mediated the relation between ethnic-racial socialization and prosocial behavior. Our findings highlight the ways in which cultural socialization and identity processes foster prosocial behaviors among Black young adults. Discussion focuses on a culturally grounded and strengths-based understanding of prosocial development among Black young adults.

The Roles of Perspective Taking, Empathic Concern, and Prosocial Moral Reasoning in the Self-Reported Prosocial Behaviors of Filipino and Turkish Young Adults

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (10) ◽  
pp. 814-830
Author(s):  
Zehra Gülseven ◽  
Asiye Kumru ◽  
Gustavo Carlo ◽  
Maria Rosario de Guzman
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Traditional Model ◽  
Prosocial Development ◽  
And Gender

Traditional social cognitive model of prosocial development suggests important links between both sociocognitive and socioemotive traits and prosocial behaviors. The present study examined the relations among perspective taking, empathic concern, prosocial moral reasoning, and public, emotional, compliant, and anonymous prosocial behaviors in Filipino and Turkish young adults to test the generalizability of this traditional model. Participants were 257 college students recruited from state universities in Ankara, Turkey (57 women, 83 men; Mage = 19.26 years, SD = 0.63) and Manila, the Philippines (75 women, 42 men; Mage = 18.41 years, SD = 1.44). Results showed that the relations among perspective taking, empathic concern, prosocial moral reasoning, and four types of self-reported prosocial behaviors were robust across two countries and gender. Perspective taking was positively related to empathic concern, which, in turn, was positively related to emotional and compliant prosocial behaviors. Perspective taking was also positively related to prosocial moral reasoning, which, in turn, was positively related to anonymous and negatively related to public prosocial behaviors. Overall, the findings provide support for the generalizability of traditional model of prosocial development and extend our understanding of prosocial behaviors to two non-Western, collectivist-oriented societies.

Positive and negative valences of identities: Longitudinal associations of identity content valences with adaptive and maladaptive functioning among Japanese young adults

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Shogo Hihara ◽  
Kazumi Sugimura ◽  
Tomotaka Umemura ◽  
Yasuhiro Iwasa ◽  
Moin Syed
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Developmental Theory ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Reciprocal Relationships ◽  
Panel Model ◽  
Random Intercept ◽  
Positive Identity ◽  
Negative Identity ◽  
Identity Elements

Abstract Erikson's psychosocial developmental theory assumes that valence of one's identity (i.e., identity content valence) defined by positive and negative identity elements is important for understanding patterns of (mal)adaptation. However, previous empirical research on identity and (mal)adaptation has focused on how individuals deal with identity issues (e.g., exploration and commitment), while neglecting identity content valences. In contrast, this study assessed identity content valences in terms of positive and negative identity elements. Theoretically, identity content valences affect (mal)adaptation, whereas individuals’ (mal)adaptation influences their identities. Consequently, this study examined reciprocal relationships between identity content valences and adaptation (i.e., prosocial behaviors) and maladaptation (e.g., externalizing symptoms) in a sample of Japanese young adults, including socioculturally relevant indicators of maladaptation (i.e., hikikomori symptoms and suicidal ideation). This study includes 2,313 Japanese young adults who participated in a three-wave longitudinal study. The cross-lagged panel model and random intercept cross-lagged panel model revealed reciprocal relationships between identity content valences and (mal)adaptation at the between-person level. Negative identity elements positively predicted suicidal ideation. Meanwhile, prosocial behaviors positively predicted positive identity elements, whereas hikikomori symptoms and suicidal ideation positively predicted negative identity elements. These relationships were significant only for socioculturally relevant indicators, suggesting the importance of considering sociocultural contexts.

Family support, respect, and empathy as correlates of U.S. Latino/Latina college students’ prosocial behaviors toward different recipients

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 1513-1533
Author(s):  
Cara Streit ◽  
Gustavo Carlo ◽  
Sarah E. Killoren
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Latina College Students

Cultural developmental and relational theories suggest that multiple social agents influence young adults’ prosocial behavior (i.e., actions intended to benefit others; e.g., helping or comforting others in need). Despite these theoretical foundations, research that examines cultural and multiple relational correlates of prosocial behaviors in U.S. Latino/Latina college students is scarce. Moreover, young adults are socialized to express prosocial behaviors to recipients that have distinct interpersonal relationships. The present study investigated the relations between mothers’, fathers’, and siblings’ support and U.S. Latino/Latina young adults’ prosocial behaviors toward different recipients (family, friends, and strangers) and considered the mediating roles of family respect values, perspective taking, and empathic concern. The sample was 253 U.S. Latino/Latina college students (58.2% female; M age = 21.07, SD =1.98) with at least one sibling. Structural equation modeling showed evidence for cultural values and moral traits as intervening mechanisms in the relations between family support and prosocial behaviors. All forms of family support predicted family respect values, which were associated with prosocial behaviors toward family and friends more so than toward strangers. Family respect values also predicted perspective taking and empathic concern and there was evidence for the mediating role of empathic concern in the relations between perspective taking and prosocial behaviors (across recipient). The current study demonstrates the interplay of multiple family socialization agents in predicting U.S. Latino/Latina college students’ prosocial behaviors toward different recipients, which has implications for theories of prosocial development.

Family Members’ Relationship Qualities and Prosocial Behaviors in U.S. Mexican Young Adults: The Roles of Familism and Ethnic Identity Resolution

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 1056-1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara Streit ◽  
Gustavo Carlo ◽  
Sarah E. Killoren ◽  
Edna C. Alfaro
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Relationship Quality ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Relationship ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Identity Resolution ◽  
Familism Values

Scholars have asserted that family relationships may have a prominent role in fostering prosocial behaviors. However, there is limited research on the quality of relationships with fathers and siblings in predicting prosocial behaviors, particularly in U.S. Mexican samples. Furthermore, culture-related mechanisms are rarely considered in examining these relations. The present study examines the associations between family relationship quality and U.S. Mexican young adults’ prosocial behaviors. Participants included 186 U.S. Mexican young adults who completed measures of parental acceptance, sibling intimacy, familism values, ethnic identity resolution, and prosocial behaviors. Relationship quality was positively associated with greater endorsement of familism values. In turn, familism values were positively associated with ethnic identity resolution, and ethnic identity resolution was associated with multiple forms of prosocial behaviors. These results highlight the importance of examining multiple sources of socialization and culture-related processes as mechanisms that may predict positive social outcomes in U.S. Mexican young adults.

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