ERIC Number: EJ1177393
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Publication Date: 2018-May
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Children's Helping Behavior in an Ethnic Intergroup Context: Evidence for Outgroup Helping
Sierksma, Jellie; Lansu, Tessa A. M.; Karremans, Johan C.; Bijlstra, Gijsbert
Developmental Psychology, v54 n5 p916-928 May 2018
Two studies examined when and why children (10-13 years) help ethnic in-group and out-group peers. In Study 1 (n = 163) children could help an out-group or in-group peer with a word-guessing game by entering codes into a computer. While children evaluated the out-group more negatively than the in-group, they helped out-group peers "more" than in-group peers. Study 2 (n = 117) conceptually replicated the findings of Study 1. Additionally the results suggest that when children endorsed the stereotype that the out-group is "less smart," this increased their intention to help out-group peers and it decreased their intention to enter codes for in-group peers. The results suggest that the specific content of a negative stereotype can guide helping responses toward out-group and in-group members.
Descriptors: Preadolescents, Early Adolescents, Ethnicity, Helping Relationship, Peer Relationship, Educational Games, Computer Games, Racial Differences, Ethnic Stereotypes, Intention, Foreign Countries, Child Behavior, Pictorial Stimuli, Time, Grade 5, Grade 6, Multivariate Analysis, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Grade 5
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Netherlands
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