A Regression Analysis Regarding the Explicative Factors of School Prosocial Behavior of Romanian Students of 9-10

Abstract

A number of 75 students of 9-10 from urban and rural area participated in this study in order to confirm the hypothesis according to which the prosocial behavior of the students in relation to their peers is influenced by their prosocial behavior in relation to their siblings at home when the following variables are maintained on a constant rate: background, gender related features, empathy, interpersonal perception (on three directions - merciful and understanding, good friend, smart). The method utilized in data analysis is the explicative hierarchic regression; we try to analyze the factors with a significant influence on the students’ prosocial behavior in school. The results obtained allow us to conclude that the rate and the frequency of manifestation of students’ prosocial behavior in school is higher for the groups that display close friendship relationships (ß=.657), for the rural students (ß=-.346), for female predominant groups (ß=.242) and for the groups that have a high prosocial behavior at home (ß=.262). The data supports the idea that besides the demographic variables or the nature of relationships between students, a significant influence on school prosocial behavior is determined by students’ home prosocial behavior in relation to their siblings.