Parental emotional warmth, self-control and adolescent prosocial behavior: The moderating role of multilocus genetic and parental gender differences

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2025.0599

Acta Psychologica Sinica ›› 2025, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (4): 599-613.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2025.0599

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Parental emotional warmth, self-control and adolescent prosocial behavior: The moderating role of multilocus genetic and parental gender differences

NIE Yangang¹(), CHEN Pei¹, WAN Linxin², YU Chengfu¹, LI Zhenhua¹

¹Department of Psychology/Research Center of Adolescent Psychology and Behavior, School of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
²Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Psychology Education (Beijing Normal University), Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China

Published:2025-04-25 Online:2025-02-11
Contact: NIE Yangang E-mail:nie-yangang@gzhu.edu.cn

Abstract

NIE Yangang, CHEN Pei, WAN Linxin, YU Chengfu, LI Zhenhua. (2025). Parental emotional warmth, self-control and adolescent prosocial behavior: The moderating role of multilocus genetic and parental gender differences. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 57(4), 599-613.

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1. T1 Parental emotional warmth	?
2. T1 MGPS	0.03	?
3. T2 Self-control	0.20^***	?0.03	?
4. T1 Prosocial behavior	0.37^***	0.01	0.40^***	?
5. T2 Prosocial behavior	0.30^***	0.00	0.17^***	0.50^***	?
6. T1 Age	0.09^**	?0.07^*	?0.05	?0.04	0.07	?
7. Gender	?0.09^**	0.04	?0.02	0.06	0.07	?0.11^**	?
8. T1 Family economic status	0.17^***	?0.02	0.14^***	0.18^***	0.07	?0.13^***	?0.02	?
9. T1 Paternal level of education	0.23^**	?0.01	0.103^**	0.134^**	0.095^*	?0.012	0.060	0.250^**	?
10.T1 Maternal level of education	0.20^**	?0.06	0.104^**	0.144^**	0.107^**	?0.036	0.041	0.255^**	0.672^**	?
M	2.81	1.20	3.67	1.41	1.40	14.34	45.75^a	3.16	3.83	3.68
SD	0.67	0.36	0.63	0.43	0.47	1.50	?	0.60	1.42	1.43
Skewness	?0.17	?0.32	0.27	?0.26	?0.32	?0.03	?0.17	0.03	?0.08	0.05

Variables	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1. T1 Parental emotional warmth	?
2. T1 MGPS	0.03	?
3. T2 Self-control	0.20^***	?0.03	?
4. T1 Prosocial behavior	0.37^***	0.01	0.40^***	?
5. T2 Prosocial behavior	0.30^***	0.00	0.17^***	0.50^***	?
6. T1 Age	0.09^**	?0.07^*	?0.05	?0.04	0.07	?
7. Gender	?0.09^**	0.04	?0.02	0.06	0.07	?0.11^**	?
8. T1 Family economic status	0.17^***	?0.02	0.14^***	0.18^***	0.07	?0.13^***	?0.02	?
9. T1 Paternal level of education	0.23^**	?0.01	0.103^**	0.134^**	0.095^*	?0.012	0.060	0.250^**	?
10.T1 Maternal level of education	0.20^**	?0.06	0.104^**	0.144^**	0.107^**	?0.036	0.041	0.255^**	0.672^**	?
M	2.81	1.20	3.67	1.41	1.40	14.34	45.75^a	3.16	3.83	3.68
SD	0.67	0.36	0.63	0.43	0.47	1.50	?	0.60	1.42	1.43
Skewness	?0.17	?0.32	0.27	?0.26	?0.32	?0.03	?0.17	0.03	?0.08	0.05

	T2 Self-control				T2 Prosocial behavior
	b	SE	t	p	b	SE	t	p
Covariates
T1 Age					0.04	0.01	3.30	0.001
Gender					0.05	0.03	1.55	0.120
T1 Family economic status					?0.01	0.03	?0.19	0.847
T1 Paternal level of education					?0.01	0.02	?0.48	0.631
T1 Maternal level of education					0.02	0.02	1.03	0.306
Study variables
T1 Parental emotional warmth	0.09	0.04	2.27	0.023	0.08	0.03	2.97	0.003
T1 MGPS	?0.05	0.06	?0.73	0.465	0.02	0.04	0.33	0.739
T1 Parental emotional warmth× T1 MGPS	0.38	0.09	4.23	<0.001	?0.12	0.06	?1.85	0.064
T2 Self-control					0.06	0.03	2.27	0.023
T1 Prosocial behavior					0.49	0.04	11.42	<0.001

	T2 Self-control				T2 Prosocial behavior
	b	SE	t	p	b	SE	t	p
Covariates
T1 Age					0.04	0.01	3.30	0.001
Gender					0.05	0.03	1.55	0.120
T1 Family economic status					?0.01	0.03	?0.19	0.847
T1 Paternal level of education					?0.01	0.02	?0.48	0.631
T1 Maternal level of education					0.02	0.02	1.03	0.306
Study variables
T1 Parental emotional warmth	0.09	0.04	2.27	0.023	0.08	0.03	2.97	0.003
T1 MGPS	?0.05	0.06	?0.73	0.465	0.02	0.04	0.33	0.739
T1 Parental emotional warmth× T1 MGPS	0.38	0.09	4.23	<0.001	?0.12	0.06	?1.85	0.064
T2 Self-control					0.06	0.03	2.27	0.023
T1 Prosocial behavior					0.49	0.04	11.42	<0.001

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