Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
Family Cohesion and Preschool Children’s Prosocial Behaviour in China: The Mediating Effects of Parent–Child Relationships and Parenting Sense of Competence
Originally published 2026-02-28 · Behavioral Sciences
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · DOI 10.3390/bs16030347 ↗
Editorial reading guide · Kindness
How does our child see family members work together to help someone?
The focus here is preschool helping alongside family cohesion and caregivers’ confidence.
Who was studied?
Families surveyed about prosocial behavior in Chinese preschoolers
Age / stage: Preschool
Read with three questions
- How did the authors investigate preschool helping alongside family cohesion and caregivers’ confidence?
- Whose report describes the parent, the child and the outcome, and where might those reports differ?
- Were preschool helping and family cohesion measured by the same respondent?
Keep the limits in view
Family cohesion and parenting confidence are related concepts, and a questionnaire-based mediation estimate does not settle their timing.
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Xu Chen; Jing Chen; Xin Gao; Xiaochun Xie (2026). Family Cohesion and Preschool Children’s Prosocial Behaviour in China: The Mediating Effects of Parent–Child Relationships and Parenting Sense of Competence Behavioral Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16030347
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