| The theory of self-affirmation points out that individuals have an incentive to maintain their integrity,that is,they consider themselves generally good: moral and adaptive.It has been found in western studies that self-affirmation can increase pro-social behavior.Culture influences self-construction,and different cultural backgrounds form different self-structures.Due to the influence of traditional Chinese culture,Chinese people’s self-affirmation process is also different.As the special status and influence of family in Chinese society,this study starts from the familial self of Chinese people and conducts three experimental studies focus on the effect of familial self-affirmation on pro-social behavior and its psychological mechanism.In experiment 1,the influence of familial self-affirmation on pro-social behavior was preliminarily explored.In experiment 2,we verified the effectiveness of familial self-affirmation by comparing the effect of familial self-affirmation and individual self-affirmation on pro-social behavior and the moderating effect of interpersonal responsibility.In experiment 3,the inner psychological mechanism of the influence of familial self-affirmation on pro-social behavior was investigated,that is,empathy was proved to play an intermediary role in the relationship between familial self-affirmation and pro-social behavior.The following conclusions are drawn:1.Familial self-affirmation can increase the pro-social behavior of individuals;2.Both familial self-affirmation and individual self-affirmation can influence individual pro-social behavior,and there is no significant difference between them.Interpersonal responsibility plays a moderated role between familial self-affirmation and pro-social behavior,that is,familial self-affirmation can significantly improve pro-social behavior with low interpersonal responsibility;3.Empathy plays a full mediating role in the influence of the familial self on pro-social behavior. |
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