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National Common Language Proficiency (NCLP) and social adaptation among high school students: The chain mediating role of prosocial tendency and language communication strategies

Baobao Dang^1,*, Wenjing Li¹, Haiyan Zhao², Shifeng Li³

1 Research Center for the Development of Education for Northwest Minorities, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
2 School of Marxism, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
3 School of Psychology, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China

* Corresponding Author: Baobao Dang. Email:

Journal of Psychology in Africa 2025, 35(6), 749-759. https://doi.org/10.32604/jpa.2025.071932

Received 15 August 2025; Accepted 20 November 2025; Issue published 30 December 2025

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between NCLP and social adaptation among high school students, as mediated by prosocial tendency and language communication strategies. The sample comprised 547 Tibetan high school students aged 15–18 years (female = 69.5%, mean age = 16.67 years, SD = 0.95) from the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, China. They completed questionnaires surveys on NCLP, social adaptation, prosocial tendency, and language communication strategies. The mediation analysis results indicated that NCLP significantly predicted social adaptation. Prosocial tendency and language communication strategies independently and significantly mediated the relationship between NCLP and social adaptation. Prosocial tendency and language communication strategies played a chain-mediating role between NCLP and social adaptation. Moreover, no significant gender differences were found in this mediating mechanism. These findings align with Language Socialization Theory, indicating that NCLP shows significant associations with the development of prosocial tendencies and the selection of language communication strategies, which in turn are linked to social adaptation.

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