The Influence of Zhong-yong Thinking on the Relationship Between Psychological Capital and Sense of Power in Adolescents: A Latent Profile and Moderated Network Analysis.

Authors

Lihong Ao, Aitao Lu, Shengping Xue, Wanyi Chen, Yang Xu, Xiaoya Li, Weiyan He, Luxi Yu

Published in

Journal of youth and adolescence. Oct 26, 2026. Epub Oct 26, 2026.

Abstract

Psychological capital and sense of power are important psychological foundations of adolescents' agency and social adaptation. Although previous research has examined their respective associations with adolescent adjustment and development, limited research has examined the association between psychological capital and sense of power or whether this association varies as a function of culturally grounded cognitive styles. The present study examined the association between psychological capital and sense of power among Chinese adolescents and the role of Zhong-yong thinking in this association. Participants were 895 Chinese adolescents (Mage = 16.16, SD = 0.88), of whom 62.5% were girls. Latent profile analysis (LPA) was used to identify profiles of Zhong-yong thinking, and regression mixture model (RMM) and moderated network models(MNMs) were used to examine the overall association between psychological capital and sense of power and the specific patterns of connections among their dimensions across Zhong-yong thinking profiles. Three profiles of Zhong-yong thinking were identified: low (5.14%), medium (51.62%), and high (43.24%). RMM showed significant positive associations between psychological capital and sense of power across all three profiles, with no significant differences in the strength of these associations across profiles. MNMs further showed profile-specific conditional association patterns between self-efficacy and control, self-efficacy and autonomy, and resilience and responsibility. These findings suggest that the overall association between psychological resources and sense of power is relatively stable across Zhong-yong thinking profiles, whereas the specific patterns of associations between dimensions of psychological capital and sense of power vary across profiles, highlighting the relevance of culturally grounded cognitive processes for understanding the association between psychological resources and sense of power during adolescence.

PMID:
42932160
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