Cognitive Reappraisal and Need to Belong Predict Prosociality in Mexican-Origin Adolescents.

ABSTRACT: This two-year longitudinal study examined Mexican-origin adolescents' need to belong and cognitive reappraisal as predictors of multiple forms of prosocial behavior (i.e., general, emotional, and public prosocial behaviors). Prosocial behaviors, which are actions intended to benefit others, are hallmarks of social proficiency in adolescence and are influenced by intrapersonal abilities and motivations that typically develop during adolescence. Yet, few studies of Mexican-origin or other U.S. Latinx youths have examined whether such individual difference characteristics, specifically social motivation and emotion regulation skills, support prosocial behavior. In a sample of 229 Mexican-origin youth (M_age = 17.18 years, SD = 0.42, 110 girls), need to belong, cognitive reappraisal,

SUBMITTER: Hodge RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10732589 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature