Understanding adolescents’ perceived social responsibility: The role of family cohesion, interdependent self?construal, and social trust

Positive family interactions contribute to the development of social responsibility among adolescents. Interdependent self-construal and trust, which reflect perceived relatedness beliefs towards others, may explain relation between cohesion responsibility. The present study tested mediating mechanisms adolescents’ via interdependent trust. A total 386 Chinese children in Hong Kong (52.07% girls, Mage = 13.64 years) their parents completed self-report questionnaires twice at 12 months apart. Family was measured by mothers’, fathers’, reports provide a comprehensive representation environment. structural equation modeling conducted investigate mediation effect. Findings based on revealed that positively associated with In addition, trust were Bootstrapping analysis showed mediators Based these findings, added new evidence literature demonstrating role Future studies could examine potential cultural variabilities Western other contexts.