Linking Self-Control to Negative Risk-Taking Behavior among Chinese Late Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Self-Control and Negative Risk-Taking Behavior
1.2. Regulatory Focus as a Mediator
1.3. Sense of Power as a Moderator
1.4. The Current Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedure
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Self-Control
2.2.2. Regulatory Focus
2.2.3. Sense of Power
2.2.4. Negative Risk-Taking Behavior
2.2.5. Covariates
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Statistics
3.2. Testing for Mediation Effects
3.3. Testing for Moderated Mediation Effect
4. Discussion
4.1. Self-Control and Negative Risk-Taking Behaviors
4.2. The Mediating Role of Regulatory Focus
4.3. The Moderating Role of Sense of Power
4.4. Implications
4.5. Limitations and Future Directions
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Control variables | ||||||||||
1 Sex (male) | 37.6% | — | — | |||||||
2 Father’s Education | 2.3 | 1.9 | 0.00 | — | ||||||
3 Mother’s Education | 2.0 | 1.7 | −0.00 | 0.75 *** | — | |||||
Independent variable | ||||||||||
4 Self-control | 3.2 | 0.6 | −0.06 ** | 0.00 | 0.02 | |||||
Mediating variables | ||||||||||
5 Promotion | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.01 | 0.08 *** | 0.08 *** | 0.42 *** | ||||
6 Prevention | 3.7 | 0.7 | −0.15 ** | −0.06 ** | −0.04 | 0.27 *** | 0.33 *** | |||
Moderating variable | ||||||||||
7 Sense of power | 4.5 | 0.8 | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.05 * | 0.36 *** | 0.44 *** | 0.16 *** | ||
Dependent variables | ||||||||||
8 Negative risk-taking behaviors | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.20 ** | 0.02 | 0.01 | −0.22 *** | −0.11 *** | −0.16 *** | −0.06 * |
Specific Pathways Tested in the Model | Bias-Corrected Bootstrapped Estimates for the Effects | |||
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β | SE | 95% CI | B | |
Direct pathway | ||||
Self-control→Negative risk-taking behaviors | −0.18 | 0.02 | [−0.25, −0.16] | −0.16 |
Indirect pathway | ||||
Self-control→Promotion→Negative risk-taking behaviors (ind1) | −0.01 | 0.01 | [−0.03, 0.02] | −0.01 |
Self-control→Prevention→Negative risk-taking behaviors (ind2) | −0.02 | 0.01 | [−0.03, −0.01] | −0.02 |
Difference = ind1 − ind2 | 0.01 | 0.01 | [−0.02, 0.04] | 0.01 |
Promotion as Dependent Variable | Prevention as Dependent Variable | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
M1 | M2 | M3 | M4 | |
Control variables | ||||
Sex | 0.04 | 0.04 | −0.20 *** | −0.20 *** |
Father’s education | 0.02 | 0.02 | −0.02 | −0.02 |
Mother’s education | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Independent variable | ||||
Self-control | 0.45 *** | 0.32 *** | 0.32 *** | 0.28 *** |
Moderating variable | ||||
Sense of power | 0.26 *** | 0.08 *** | ||
Interaction term | ||||
Self-control × Sense of power | 0.02 | 0.09 *** | ||
R2 | 0.18 | 0.27 | 0.09 | 0.11 |
ΔR2 | 0.09 | 0.02 | ||
F | 111.01 *** | 126.32 *** | 53.29 *** | 40.27 *** |
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Liang, Z.-Q.; Dou, K.; Li, J.-B.; Wang, Y.-J.; Nie, Y.-G. Linking Self-Control to Negative Risk-Taking Behavior among Chinese Late Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 7646. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137646
Liang Z-Q, Dou K, Li J-B, Wang Y-J, Nie Y-G. Linking Self-Control to Negative Risk-Taking Behavior among Chinese Late Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(13):7646. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137646
Chicago/Turabian StyleLiang, Zi-Qin, Kai Dou, Jian-Bin Li, Yu-Jie Wang, and Yan-Gang Nie. 2022. "Linking Self-Control to Negative Risk-Taking Behavior among Chinese Late Adolescents: A Moderated Mediation Model" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 13: 7646. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137646