The goal of the current study was to examine latent profiles of young adults based on neighborhood risk, social cohesion, and community self-efficacy, and to examine whether these profiles predicted prosocial behaviors (i.e., actions intended to benefit others) toward both friends and strangers. Participants were 197 emerging adults (M age = 20.94 years; range = 18–25 years; 76.5% women; 36.5% White; 50.5% Latino/a; 7.7% Black; 5.7% Asian; 5.5% Native; 13.6% other and included groups such as Mestizo, mixed race, and Mexican) who completed measures of their own environmental characteristics and prosocial behaviors. Results demonstrated three groups of emerging adults. Group membership was also marginally associated with prosocial behaviors toward friends but not strangers. Specifically, the moderate community risk group scored marginally higher than the community efficacy group on prosocial behaviors toward friends. Discussion focuses on the role of contexts in shaping social responding of emerging adults with an emphasis on factors that promote helping behaviors toward both friends and strangers.

本研究的目的是根据邻里风险，社会凝聚力和社区自我效能检查年轻人的潜在特征，并检查这些特征是否预示了对朋友和亲朋好友的亲社会行为（即旨在使他人受益的行为）陌生人。与会者197名新兴成人（中号年龄=20.94年;范围= 18-25岁，76.5％为女性; 36.5％白色; 50.5％拉丁裔/年; 7.7％为黑人，5.7％为亚裔，5.5％的天然; 13.6％等，其中包括Mestizo，混血儿和墨西哥人等团体）完成了自己的环境特征和亲社会行为的评估。结果显示三组新兴成年人。团体成员也与亲朋好友的社交行为略有相关，但与陌生人无关。具体来说，中度社区风险组在对朋友的亲社会行为方面得分略高于社区功效组。讨论的重点是情境在塑造新兴成年人的社会反应中的作用，重点是促进对朋友和陌生人的帮助行为的因素。