Research on the Relationship between Negative Emotion, Emotion Regulation Self-Efficacy and Adult Prosocial Behavior in College Students

Abstract

Objective: To explore the relationship among negative emotion, emotion regulation self-efficacy and prosocial behavior. Methods: The negative emotion subscale in the positive and negative emotion Scale, the negative emotion self-efficacy management subscale in the Emotion Regulation Self-efficacy Scale (revised Chinese version) and the emotional emotion subscale in the prosocial behavior tendency scale (revised Chinese version) were used to launch questionnaires on social networking sites. Finally, 494 valid questionnaires were collected. Results: 1) Negative emotions had no effect on prosocial behavior; 2) There was a significant positive correlation between emotional regulation self-efficacy and prosocial behavior; 3) Self-efficacy of emotion regulation positively predicts prosocial behavior.