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Creating A child-friendly social environment for fewer conduct problems and more prosocial behaviors among children: A LASSO regression approach

Acta psychologica, 2024-04, Vol.244, p.104200-104200, Article 104200 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2024 The Authors ;Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V. ;ISSN: 0001-6918 ;EISSN: 1873-6297 ;DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104200 ;PMID: 38447485

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  • Title:
    Creating A child-friendly social environment for fewer conduct problems and more prosocial behaviors among children: A LASSO regression approach
  • Author: Chu, Meijie ; Fang, Zhiwei ; Mao, Li ; Ma, Honghao ; Lee, Chun-Yang ; Chiang, Yi-Chen
  • Subjects: Altruism ; Child Development ; Child-friendly social environment ; Conduct problems ; Humans ; LASSO regression ; Prosocial behavior ; Schools ; Social Behavior ; Social Environment ; Students
  • Is Part Of: Acta psychologica, 2024-04, Vol.244, p.104200-104200, Article 104200
  • Description: Creating a child-friendly social environment is an important component of promoting child-friendly city development. This study aims to explore the key indicators of friendly family, school and community social environments from the perspective of children's conduct problems and prosocial behaviors. The sample included grade 3–5 students from one public elementary school in the urban areas and another public elementary school in the rural areas of a Chinese city pursuing a child-friendly philosophy. A total of 418 participants were included in this study. Data on conduct problems, prosocial behaviors and the social environment were collected. To effectively select important variables and eliminate estimation bias, this study used LASSO regression to identify key indicators predicting children's conduct problems and prosocial behavior, followed by linear regression coefficient estimation and significance testing. Creating a friendly family environment (ensuring family members' assistance with academic problems) and school environment (reducing cheating, fighting, and unfriendly teacher language) was associated with reduced conduct problems in children. Creating a positive family atmosphere (enhancing children's trust in family members), school environment (increasing parents' awareness of school affairs, reinforcing students' prosocial behavior, increasing extracurricular activity programs, and encouraging student engagement in academics) and community environment (respecting all children in the community) was associated with improving children's prosocial behavior. This study transforms the multidimensional, complex child-friendly social environment evaluation indicator system into concise and specific measurement indicators, which can provide theoretical and practical implications for government decision-making in child-friendly city development through empirical research. •LASSO penalty was used to perform child-friendly social environment variables selection.•About 16 important social and environmental tertiary indicators were selected to predict conduct problems.•While 20 important social and environmental tertiary indicators were selected to predict prosocial behaviors.•Creating a friendly family and school environment was significantly associated with lower conduct problems among children.•Creating a positive family, school, and community environment was significantly associated with improving children’s prosocial behavior.
  • Publisher: Netherlands: Elsevier B.V
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0001-6918
    EISSN: 1873-6297
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104200
    PMID: 38447485
  • Source: MEDLINE
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