ERIC Number: EJ1119242
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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Children's Sympathy, Guilt, and Moral Reasoning in Helping, Cooperation, and Sharing: A 6-Year Longitudinal Study
Malti, Tina; Ongley, Sophia F.; Peplak, Joanna; Chaparro, Maria P.; Buchmann, Marlis; Zuffianò, Antonio; Cui, Lixian
Child Development, v87 n6 p1783-1795 Nov-Dec 2016
This study examined the role of sympathy, guilt, and moral reasoning in helping, cooperation, and sharing in a 6-year, three-wave longitudinal study involving 175 children (M[subscript age] 6.10, 9.18, and 12.18 years). Primary caregivers reported on children's helping and cooperation; sharing was assessed behaviorally. Child sympathy was assessed by self- and teacher reports, and self-attributed feelings of guilt-sadness and moral reasoning were assessed by children's responses to transgression vignettes. Sympathy predicted helping, cooperation, and sharing. Guilt-sadness and moral reasoning interacted with sympathy in predicting helping and cooperation; both sympathy and guilt-sadness were associated with the development of sharing. The findings are discussed in relation to the emergence of differential motivational pathways to helping, cooperation, and sharing.
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Altruism, Anxiety, Morale, Vignettes, Helping Relationship, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Sharing Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Motivation Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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