The psychological mechanism of parenting style affecting college students’ social responsibility:The role of self-efficacy and childhood residential mobility
Social Responsibility refers to the attitude and behavioral tendency of individuals to work for the benefit of others and to volunteer for the prosperity of society and the common interests of the people. It is mainly manifested in moral obligation, social justice, equality, peace, ecology and other issues. With the increase in China's international influence and the development of "One Belt And One Road" construction, the Chinese citizens will assume more responsibilities in maintaining world peace and promoting global prosperity and development.This study explores the influence of parenting style on shaping college students' social responsibility (including global social responsibility and responsibility to people), and investigate the role of self-efficacy and childhood residential mobility in this process.Using Short-Egna Minnen av Bamdoms Uppfostram for Chinese(s-EMBU-C）, General Self-Efficacy Scale(GSES), Global Social Responsibility Scale(GSRS), and Responsibility Toward People Scale (RPS), 671 college students from seven departments of a university in Guangzhou were investigated through two studies. The data were sorted out and analyzed by using SPSS24.0 and PROCESS plug-in. The results were as follows:(1) In order to improve the adaptability of the Global Social Responsibility Scale and the Responsibility Toward People Scale in the context of Chinese culture, some items in these scales were deleted with 6 items left in each scale. The internal consistency coefficient was 0.73 and 0.79 respectively, and the reliability index met the requirement of psychometrics.(2) Mother's emotional warmth significantly positively predicted college students' self-efficacy, global responsibility and responsibility towards people. Parental rejection significantly negatively predicted college students' self-efficacy, global responsibility and responsibility towards people; College students' self-efficacy positively predicted global responsibility and responsibility towards people.(3) College students' self-efficacy plays a part in mediating the influence of mother's emotional warmth/parental rejection on global responsibility and responsibility towards people.(4) By moderating the relationship between parental rejection/mother's emotional warmth and college students' self-efficacy, childhood residential mobility affect college students' global responsibility and responsibility towards people. With the increase of childhood residential mobility, the mediating effect of self-efficacy between parental rejection/mother's emotional warmth and global responsibility/responsibility towards people decreased.
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