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Do Happy Teenagers Become Good Citizens? Positive Affect Builds Prosocial Perspectives and Behaviors

Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology / Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, (P)1229-0653;
2013, v.27 no.3, pp.1-21
https://doi.org/10.21193/kjspp.2013.27.3.001




Abstract

Do happy teenagers become good citizens? In two studies, we examined whether happy teenagers are more likely to endorse prosocial perspectives and behaviors than their less happy peers. As expected, happy teenagers valued relationship more than money, maintained higher levels of trust and a stronger sense of community than unhappy teenagers (Study 1). Results from a longitudinal sample (Study 2) showed that teenagers' happiness predicted their prosocial views (e.g., gratitude) 8 months later, even after controlling for altruism and the initial baseline levels of the predicted variables. Furthermore, happy teenagers were more likely to engage in prosocial behaviors (e.g., blood donation) when they enrolled in college 19 months later. Prosocial attitudes partially mediated the link between happiness and prosocial behaviors. To our knowledge, this is the first attempt to understand the prosocial outcomes of happiness among Korean teenagers.

keywords
happiness, Korean teenager, prosocial perspective, prosocial behavior, 행복, 한국 청소년, 친사회적 가치관, 친사회적 행동

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