AUTHOR=Jiang Shuyang , Liu Ru-De , Ding Yi , Oei Tian Po , Fu Xinchen , Hong Wei 

TITLE=Victim Sensitivity and Altruistic Behavior in School: Mediating Effects of Teacher Justice and Teacher-Student Relationship

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2019

YEAR=2019

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01077

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01077

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=The current study aimed to explore how victim sensitivity influenced altruistic behaviors in school, and to explore the mediating roles of teacher justice and teacher-student relationship. In 2018, we recruited 1856 Chinese adolescent including 989 fourth graders (M = 10.35, SD = 0.56) and 867 eighth graders (M = 15.57, SD = 0.91), the participation rate was 100%. Participations completed the self-report victim sensitivity scale, the teacher justice scale, the teacher-student relationship scale and the altruistic behavior towards classmate scale. Structural equation modeling (SEM) indicated that victim sensitivity had a direct negative effect on altruistic behavior in school, but this relationship was mediated by teacher justice. There was also a mediated path between teacher justice and altruistic behavior by way of teacher-student relationship. These findings suggested possible mechanisms to explain the relationship between victim sensitivity and altruistic behavior and provided new directions for intervention.