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The Cross-Spillover Effects of Online Prosocial Behavior on Subjective Well-Being: Daily Diary Evidence from Chinese Adolescents

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  • Weida Zhang

    (School of Education, Renmin University of China, 59 Zhongguancun Ave., Haidian District, Beijing 100872, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Guoliang Yu

    (School of Education, Renmin University of China, 59 Zhongguancun Ave., Haidian District, Beijing 100872, China
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Wangqian Fu

    (Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, 19 Xinjiekouwai Ave., Haidian District, Beijing 100875, China)

Abstract

This study investigated the effects of online prosocial behavior on the subjective well-being of adolescents and its spillover and crossover effects. By convenience sampling, this paper adopted a diary survey method to collect the daily online prosocial behavior and subjective well-being data of 120 first-grade junior high school students and their parents for 5 consecutive days during their winter vacation in China. The online prosocial behaviors of adolescents during the day can significantly positively predict their subjective well-being during the day and at night, which indicates that adolescents’ subjective well-being has a spillover effect from online to offline. In addition, online prosocial behavior and the subjective well-being of adolescents in the daytime are significantly positively correlated with their parents’ subjective well-being at night, indicating that there is a crossover effect between online prosocial behavior and the subjective well-being of adolescents in the daytime and their parents’ subjective well-being at night. It is important to create a good online environment for adolescents and promote the benign spillover and crossover effect of online prosocial behavior on subjective well-being.

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  • Weida Zhang & Guoliang Yu & Wangqian Fu, 2022. "The Cross-Spillover Effects of Online Prosocial Behavior on Subjective Well-Being: Daily Diary Evidence from Chinese Adolescents," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-8, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:15:p:9734-:d:882673
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    1. Chen Ma & Yasir Latif, 2022. "How to Improve Employee Psychological Well-Being? CSR as a Sustainable Way," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(21), pages 1-17, October.

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