Prosocial Behavior and Life Satisfaction: Exploring Age and Gender Differences Among Higher Education Students

Abstract

This study assessed the relationship between prosocial behavior and life satisfaction. Furthermore, it also explored age and gender differences. Convenient sampling method was used to collect the data. Data was collected through structured questionnaires from 200 participants of three higher education institutes of Balochistan. The results revealed prosocial behavior was positively associated with life satisfaction of the higher education students. The results further showed significant differences in prosocial behavior for different age groups. However, there weren't any significant differences found in life satisfaction of different age groups. Moreover, prosocial behavior and life satisfaction had no significant differences between men and women. Finally, results observed that though the correlation between prosocial behavior and life satisfaction was stronger for females than males, the differences were only marginal, and both correlations were in high effect size range.