Pro-social behaviours in relation to Self-efficacy and Life satisfaction among college
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Pro-social behaviour, Self-efficacy, Life satisfactionAbstract
Pro-social behaviours are those behaviours of a person which are intended to benefit others individually or the society as a whole. A person’s pro-social tendency depends on various individual, situational, and other socio-cultural factors. In this study we explored the relationships between different domains of Pro-social behaviour and two important characteristics of human personality which were self-efficacy and life satisfaction. The study was conducted on a sample of n=200 college going students from Jaipur city, whose age ranges from 18-26 years. Participants were assessed on three scales, Pro-social Tendencies Measure developed by (Carlo & Randall, 2002), General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE) by Schwarzer, R., & Jerusalem, M. (1995) and The Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) by Diener, Emmons, Larsen & Griffin, 1985. According to the relevant statistical analysis (i.e. Mean, standard deviation and Pearson product moment correlation) of the data obtained from the participant we can establish that overall pro-social behaviours of an individual had a significant positive correlation with his/her self-efficacy and life-satisfaction.
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