Children's Perceptions of Economic Groups in a Context of Limited Access to Opportunities
Children's Perceptions of Economic Groups in a Context of Limited Access to Opportunities
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DOI：
10.1111/cdev.13024
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发表时间：
2019-09-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Killen, Melanie
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作者：
Elenbaas, Laura;Killen, Melanie
儿童（N = 267，年龄 8-14 岁，M = 11.61 岁，中等至中上收入）对来自高财富和低财富背景的同龄同龄人群体做出预测。背景涉及授予特殊机会。从童年中期到青春期早期，儿童越来越期望高财富群体和低财富群体都希望为自己的群体获得机会。然而，孩子们认为高财富群体的动机部分是自私，而低财富群体的动机部分是担心更广泛的经济不平等。最后，孩子的家庭收入越高，他们就越期望有集体服务倾向。这些发现揭示了儿童对经济群体之间的排他性偏好的看法、对高财富儿童的负面刻板印象以及对低财富儿童面临的一些限制的认识。
Children (N = 267, ages 8-14 years, M = 11.61 years, middle to upper-middle income) made predictions regarding groups of same-aged peers from high-wealth and low-wealth backgrounds. The context involved granting access to a special opportunity. From middle childhood to early adolescence children increasingly expected both high- and low-wealth groups to want access to opportunities for their own group. However, children viewed high-wealth groups as motivated in part by selfishness and low-wealth groups as concerned in part with broader economic inequality. Finally, the higher children's family income, the more they expected group-serving tendencies. These findings revealed children's perceptions of exclusive preferences between economic groups, negative stereotypes about high-wealth children, and awareness of some of the constraints faced by low-wealth children.