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Bar Levy-Friedman; Tehila Kogut – Child Development, 2025
This study examined children's self-assessment of their prosociality, relative to average peers, in situations where the recipient is described as "needy" versus "not needy" (at a school of average socioeconomic level in south Israel; N = 158; aged 6-12 years; 51% males, December-May 2021). The results show that older children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Prosocial Behavior
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Qiao Chai; Jun Yin; Mowei Shen; Jie He – Developmental Science, 2024
Children's sharing behavior is profoundly shaped by social norms within their society, and they can learn these norms by directly observing how most others share in their immediate environment. Here we systematically investigated the impact of majority influence on the sharing behavior of young Chinese children through three studies (N = 336, 168…
Descriptors: Young Children, Sharing Behavior, Physical Environment, Influences
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Hüseyin Kotaman; Mustafa Aslan – International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 2024
The purpose of this study is to investigate how young children define trust and to find out if there is a relationship between the people whom they trust and the people with whom they share their favorite food and toy. The participants consist of 273 kindergarteners enrolled in five public kindergartens. Research assistants asked the participants…
Descriptors: Trust (Psychology), Decision Making, Sharing Behavior, Food