Dispositional Awe and Online Altruism: Testing a Moderated Mediating Model
Dispositional awe has a positive effect on prosociality. However, it has not been tested whether this disposition appears in online altruism. Using a large sample of 3,080 Chinese undergraduates, this study tested a moderated mediating model that takes self-transcendent meaning in life (STML) as a m...
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| author | RongMao Lin YanPing Chen YiLin Shen XiaXin Xiong Nan Lin Rong Lian |
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| description | Dispositional awe has a positive effect on prosociality. However, it has not been tested whether this disposition appears in online altruism. Using a large sample of 3,080 Chinese undergraduates, this study tested a moderated mediating model that takes self-transcendent meaning in life (STML) as a mediator and subjective socioeconomic status (SSES) as a moderator. As predicted, dispositional awe was positively correlated with online altruism, partly via the indirect effect of STML. SSES moderated both the direct and indirect effects. Specifically, the predictive effects of dispositional awe on both online prosocial behavior and STML were greater for lower rather than higher SSES. This study extends the prosociality of dispositional awe to cyberspace. Other implications are also discussed herein. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0270363b30e4a65ad0fb50d3f3e1a802022-12-21T19:11:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-08-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.688591688591Dispositional Awe and Online Altruism: Testing a Moderated Mediating ModelRongMao LinYanPing ChenYiLin ShenXiaXin XiongNan LinRong LianDispositional awe has a positive effect on prosociality. However, it has not been tested whether this disposition appears in online altruism. Using a large sample of 3,080 Chinese undergraduates, this study tested a moderated mediating model that takes self-transcendent meaning in life (STML) as a mediator and subjective socioeconomic status (SSES) as a moderator. As predicted, dispositional awe was positively correlated with online altruism, partly via the indirect effect of STML. SSES moderated both the direct and indirect effects. Specifically, the predictive effects of dispositional awe on both online prosocial behavior and STML were greater for lower rather than higher SSES. This study extends the prosociality of dispositional awe to cyberspace. Other implications are also discussed herein.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.688591/fulldispositional aweonline altruismself-transcendent meaning in lifesubjective socioeconomic statusmoderated mediating model |
| spellingShingle | RongMao Lin YanPing Chen YiLin Shen XiaXin Xiong Nan Lin Rong Lian Dispositional Awe and Online Altruism: Testing a Moderated Mediating Model Frontiers in Psychology dispositional awe online altruism self-transcendent meaning in life subjective socioeconomic status moderated mediating model |
| title | Dispositional Awe and Online Altruism: Testing a Moderated Mediating Model |
| title_full | Dispositional Awe and Online Altruism: Testing a Moderated Mediating Model |
| title_fullStr | Dispositional Awe and Online Altruism: Testing a Moderated Mediating Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dispositional Awe and Online Altruism: Testing a Moderated Mediating Model |
| title_short | Dispositional Awe and Online Altruism: Testing a Moderated Mediating Model |
| title_sort | dispositional awe and online altruism testing a moderated mediating model |
| topic | dispositional awe online altruism self-transcendent meaning in life subjective socioeconomic status moderated mediating model |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.688591/full |
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