{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: Prosocial behavior, psychological well-being, positive and negative affect among young adults: A cross-sectional study.
{Author}: Kakulte A;Shaikh S;
{Journal}: Ind Psychiatry J
{Volume}: 32
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: 2023 Nov
暂无{DOI}: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_214_23
{Abstract}: UNASSIGNED: Prosocial behaviors are considered important moral and social behavior. Various researchers have found that prosocial behavior increases well-being; research is scarce on the effects of prosocial behavior on psychological well-being, positive and negative affect among adults.
UNASSIGNED: The present study investigated the relationship between prosocial behavior, psychological well-being, and positive and negative affect on adults.
UNASSIGNED: The study included 80 adults (19-25 years) males and females. Snowball and incidental sampling method is used for data collection. The tools used for the study are the Prosocial Personality Battery, Ryff's psychological well-being scale, and the positive and negative affect scale.
UNASSIGNED: A positive correlation was found between prosocial behavior and psychological well-being (0.396 which is significant at 0.01 level). A positive correlation was also observed between prosocial behavior and positive affect (0.274 which is significant at 0.01 level). A negative correlation was found between prosocial behavior and negative affect (-0.191 which is significant at 0.05 level).
UNASSIGNED: People involved in Prosocial behavior showed a positive correlation with Psychological well-being and positive affect and a negative correlation with negative affects.