Prosocial and antisocial children's perceptions of peers' motives for prosocial behaviours
Wardle, Georgina A. and Hunter, Simon C. and Warden, David (2011) Prosocial and antisocial children's perceptions of peers' motives for prosocial behaviours. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 29 (3). pp. 396-408. (https://doi.org/10.1348/026151010X494296)
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Abstract
This study investigated whether peer-nominated prosocial and antisocial children have different perceptions of the motives underlying peers' prosocial actions. Eighty-seven children, aged 10-12 years old, completed peer-nomination measures of social behaviour. On the basis of numbers of social nominations received, a subsample of 51 children (32 who were peer-nominated as 'prosocial', and 18 who were peer-nominated as 'antisocial') then recorded their perceptions of peers' motives for prosocial behaviours. Expressed motives were categorized predominantly into three categories, coinciding with Turiel's (1978) 'moral', 'conventional', and 'personal domains'. Results indicate that children's social reputation is associated with the extent to which they perceive peers' prosocial motives as 'personal' or 'moral', with more prosocial children attributing moral motives, and more antisocial children attributing personal motives. Although traditionally Turiel's domain theory has been used to understand 'antisocial' children's behaviour, the current findings suggest that 'prosocial' children's behaviour may also be related to domains of judgment.
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Wardle, Georgina A., Hunter, Simon C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3922-1252 and Warden, David;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 26585 Dates: DateEventSeptember 2011Published10 March 2011Published OnlineSubjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Psychological Sciences and Health > Psychology
Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > PsychologyDepositing user: Users 41 not found. Date deposited: 09 Aug 2010 12:37 Last modified: 01 Oct 2024 00:18 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/26585