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. 2024 Jan 20;53(5):1134–1154. doi: 10.1007/s10964-023-01885-5

Table 3.

Associations of adolescents’ prosocial behavior with prosocial behavior, autonomy support and emotional support from fathers and mothers

Father model Mother model
Parameters B (SE) β (SE) p B (SE) β (SE) p
Between-level correlations
Prosocial behavior A with prosocial behavior F/M 0.04 (0.02) 0.19 (0.07) 0.005 0.04 (0.01) 0.17 (0.06) 0.005
Prosocial behavior A with autonomy support F/M 0.07 (0.01)/0.02 (0.01) 0.61 (0.08)/0.24 (0.13) 0.000/0.077 0.07 (0.01) 0.56 (0.08) 0.000
Prosocial behavior A with emotional support F/M 0.12 (0.02)/0.01 (0.02) 0.63 (0.08)/0.06 (0.09) 0.000/0.467 0.10 (0.02) 0.52 (0.08) 0.000
Within time associations T1
Prosocial behavior A with prosocial behavior F/M −0.00 (0.02) −0.01 (0.07) 0.891 0.00 (0.02) 0.01 (0.05) 0.881
Prosocial behavior A with autonomy support F/M 0.07 (0.02) 0.24 (0.06) 0.000 0.06 (0.02) 0.25 (0.06) 0.000
Prosocial behavior A with emotional support F/M 0.09 (0.03) 0.23 (0.08) 0.001 0.09 (0.02) 0.26 (0.07) 0.000
Correlated change T2–T6
Prosocial behavior A with prosocial behavior F/M −0.00 (0.01) −0.00 (0.01) 0.834 0.01 (0.01) 0.02 (0.02) 0.139
Prosocial behavior A with autonomy support F/M 0.03 (0.01) 0.14 (0.04) 0.000 0.04 (0.01) 0.17 (0.04) 0.000
Prosocial behavior A with emotional support F/M 0.03 (0.01) 0.08 (0.03) 0.008 0.04 (0.01) 0.26 (0.06) 0.000
Lagged-effects: adolescent effectsa T1–T6
Prosocial behavior A → prosocial behavior F/M 0.01 (0.02) 0.01 (0.03) 0.681 0.02 (0.02) 0.04 (0.02) 0.104
Prosocial behavior A → autonomy support F/M 0.02 (0.02) 0.05 (0.03) 0.108 0.03 (0.01) 0.07 (0.03) 0.027
Prosocial behavior A → emotional support F/M 0.08 (0.05) −0.03 (0.04) 0.440 0.03 (0.02) 0.05 (0.04) 0.567
Lagged-effects: parental effectsb T1–T6
Prosocial behavior F/M → prosocial behavior A 0.07 (0.05) 0.03 (02) 0.124 0.05 (0.04) 0.03 (0.02) 0.246
Autonomy support F/M → prosocial behavior A 0.12 (0.07) 0.04 (0.03) 0.117 0.10 (0.06) 0.04 (0.02) 0.103
Emotional support F/M → prosocial behavior A 0.01 (0.05) 0.01 (0.03) 0.815 0.07 (0.07) 0.03 (0.03) 0.332

Separate models were conducted for autonomy support and emotional support, and for fathers, mothers, siblings and friends. T1 correlations show unconstrained within time fluctuations at T1. (un)Standardized within time associations and lagged effects were equal across time, hence represented by one value. Effects boys before the slash and effects girls after the slash. Significant p values are represented in bold

A adolescents, F fathers, M mothers

aAdolescents effects refer to lagged effects from adolescents’ prosocial behavior to autonomy or emotional support from fathers

bParental effects refer to lagged effects from fathers’ or mothers’ prosocial behavior, autonomy/emotional support to adolescents’ prosocial behavior