Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2022

DOI

10.3389/fpsyg.2022.814869

Publication Title

Frontiers in Psychology

Volume

13

Pages

814869 (1-8)

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has fueled anti-Asian, especially anti-Chinese sentiments worldwide, which may negatively impact diasporic Chinese youths' adjustment and prosocial development. This study examined the association between compassion, discrimination and prosocial behaviors in diasporic Chinese youths during the COVID-19 pandemic. 360 participants participated and completed the multi-country, cross-sectional, web-based survey between April 22 and May 9, 2020, the escalating stage of the pandemic. This study found compassion as prosocial behaviors' proximal predictor, while discrimination independently predicted participation in volunteering, and could potentially enhance the association between compassion and charitable giving. These findings suggest that prosociality among young people is sensitive to social context, and that racial discrimination should be considered in future prosocial studies involving young members of ethnic and racial minorities.

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© 2022 Chen, Wang, Zhang, Dong, Xu, Wu, Zhang, Chen. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Original Publication Citation

Chen, Y., Wang, Z., Zhang, Q., Dong, W., Xu, J. H. C., Wu, S. J., Zhang, X., & Chen, C. (2022). Compassion, discrimination, and prosocial behaviors: Young diasporic Chinese during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 1-8, Article 814869. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.814869

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