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Altruism and Parochialism Among Children and Adolescents: Sex and Age Differences

Published:2021 Issue:3 Volume:14 Page:50-66
ISSN:2072-7593
Container-title:Experimental Psychology (Russia)
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Author:

Burkova V.N.¹^ORCID,Butovskaya M.L.²^ORCID,Dronova D.A.³^ORCID,Adam Yu.I.⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Institute Ethnology and Anthropology Russian Academy of Sciences

2. Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEA RAS)

3. Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

4. Russian Academy of Sciences

Abstract

The article presents the results of an experimental study of altruism and parochialism among school- children in Moscow and the Moscow region. The propensity for prosocial behavior in children was assessed using an experimental technique developed by E. Fehr and adapted earlier in our experiments with children (Tanzania). A sample of the study consists of 379 children and adolescents (192 boys and 187 girls) aged 7 to 17 years. Schoolchildren made decisions in six proposed dilemmas — prosocial behavior, envy and altruism. The aim of the study was to identify the sex and age characteristics of altruistic and parochial behavior of children and adolescents from schools in Moscow and the Moscow region. The results of the research show that girls were more prosocial in making decisions in relation to unfamiliar peers in one of the experimental games. But the age of the schoolchildren was more important predictor than sex in decision of the allocation of resources. With age, students were more altruistic in relation to friends and unfamiliar peers. The most important factor influencing altruistic behavior turned out to be belonging to one’s own group (friend- ship) — a significant parochial effect was observed in all six dilemmas.

Funder

Russian Science Foundation

Publisher

Federal State-Financed Educational Institution of Higher Education Moscow State University of Psychology and Education

Link

https://psyjournals.ru/files/123244/exppsy_2021_n3_Burkova_et_al.pdf

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