Prosocial Behaviour, Individualism, and Future Orientation of Chinese Youth: The Role of Identity Status as a Moderator
There is a lack of research directly examining the relationships between future orientation, individualism, prosocial engagement and identity status among Chinese youth. This study focuses on the moderating role of identity status in the relationship between individualistic values, future orientatio...
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| author | Raymond Chi-fai Chui Hang Li Chi-keung Chan Nicolson Yat-fan Siu Raysen Wai-leung Cheung Wang-on Li Kelly Zheng-min Peng Yuet-Wah Cheung Siu-fung Cheung Naizan Xu |
| author_facet | Raymond Chi-fai Chui Hang Li Chi-keung Chan Nicolson Yat-fan Siu Raysen Wai-leung Cheung Wang-on Li Kelly Zheng-min Peng Yuet-Wah Cheung Siu-fung Cheung Naizan Xu |
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| description | There is a lack of research directly examining the relationships between future orientation, individualism, prosocial engagement and identity status among Chinese youth. This study focuses on the moderating role of identity status in the relationship between individualistic values, future orientation and prosocial behaviours. The study sample consists of 1817 Chinese youth aged between 15 and 28. Six patterns of identity statuses were identified by a hierarchical cluster analysis. Path analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between the independent variables and youths’ prosocial engagement and the moderating effects of identity status. The results showed that future orientation is significantly related to prosocial engagement, while individualistic value is not significantly associated with it. The interaction of future orientation and identity status significantly affects prosocial engagement. The effect of future orientation is greater for those in searching moratorium and carefree diffusion and lower for those in achievement and foreclosure. These imply that time perspective intervention may facilitate the prosocial engagement of students who lack a mature and committed identity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0fa1bd6941dc463dba08b200bca9504e2025-08-20T03:11:20ZengMDPI AGBehavioral Sciences2076-328X2025-02-0115219310.3390/bs15020193Prosocial Behaviour, Individualism, and Future Orientation of Chinese Youth: The Role of Identity Status as a ModeratorRaymond Chi-fai Chui0Hang Li1Chi-keung Chan2Nicolson Yat-fan Siu3Raysen Wai-leung Cheung4Wang-on Li5Kelly Zheng-min Peng6Yuet-Wah Cheung7Siu-fung Cheung8Naizan Xu9Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong KongDepartment of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongSchool of Arts and Humanities, Tung Wah College, Hong KongDivision of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong KongDepartment of Counselling and Psychology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong KongDepartment of Counselling and Psychology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong KongDepartment of Hospitality and Business Management, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Hong KongDepartment of Sociology, Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong KongIndependent Researcher, Hong KongDepartment of Hospitality and Business Management, Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong, Hong KongThere is a lack of research directly examining the relationships between future orientation, individualism, prosocial engagement and identity status among Chinese youth. This study focuses on the moderating role of identity status in the relationship between individualistic values, future orientation and prosocial behaviours. The study sample consists of 1817 Chinese youth aged between 15 and 28. Six patterns of identity statuses were identified by a hierarchical cluster analysis. Path analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between the independent variables and youths’ prosocial engagement and the moderating effects of identity status. The results showed that future orientation is significantly related to prosocial engagement, while individualistic value is not significantly associated with it. The interaction of future orientation and identity status significantly affects prosocial engagement. The effect of future orientation is greater for those in searching moratorium and carefree diffusion and lower for those in achievement and foreclosure. These imply that time perspective intervention may facilitate the prosocial engagement of students who lack a mature and committed identity.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/2/193prosocial behaviourindividualismfuture orientationidentityChinese youth |
| spellingShingle | Raymond Chi-fai Chui Hang Li Chi-keung Chan Nicolson Yat-fan Siu Raysen Wai-leung Cheung Wang-on Li Kelly Zheng-min Peng Yuet-Wah Cheung Siu-fung Cheung Naizan Xu Prosocial Behaviour, Individualism, and Future Orientation of Chinese Youth: The Role of Identity Status as a Moderator Behavioral Sciences prosocial behaviour individualism future orientation identity Chinese youth |
| title | Prosocial Behaviour, Individualism, and Future Orientation of Chinese Youth: The Role of Identity Status as a Moderator |
| title_full | Prosocial Behaviour, Individualism, and Future Orientation of Chinese Youth: The Role of Identity Status as a Moderator |
| title_fullStr | Prosocial Behaviour, Individualism, and Future Orientation of Chinese Youth: The Role of Identity Status as a Moderator |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prosocial Behaviour, Individualism, and Future Orientation of Chinese Youth: The Role of Identity Status as a Moderator |
| title_short | Prosocial Behaviour, Individualism, and Future Orientation of Chinese Youth: The Role of Identity Status as a Moderator |
| title_sort | prosocial behaviour individualism and future orientation of chinese youth the role of identity status as a moderator |
| topic | prosocial behaviour individualism future orientation identity Chinese youth |
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