The present study investigates what children of various ages think about concealing or revealing the wrongdoing of a friend in a hypothetical conflict between honesty to parents and loyalty to a friend. The study also examines how children's reasoning was affected by the expectation of parental punishment. A total of 200 children (20 boys and 20 girls aged 5, 6, 8, 10, and 12; 100 German and 100 Australian) were asked in semistructured interviews what they thought about stories in which the protagonist confessed a misdeed to a friend who, in turn, revealed this to his mother. The analyses showed that the majority of 5- and 6-year-olds advocated obedience to parents, some of them because they thought the transgressor deserved punishment...
Parents commonly instill guilt in children during socialization (Baumeister, 1998). This practice ca...
We investigated children’s personal representations of significant sibling conflicts. Forty pairs of...
This study sought to examine links among young children's peer relations, their moral understanding ...
This study examined the development of children's judgments about noncompliance and deception of par...
Displaying guilt after a transgression serves to appease the victim and other group members, restore...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-91)The purpose of this research was to investigate chi...
Little is known about the process by which children disclose adult wrongdoing, a topic of considerab...
Purpose: Although the ability to appreciate the wrongfulness of criminal conduct and to distinguish ...
Purpose: Delinquent behaviour among children and adolescents is escalating at a considerable rate. T...
This study investigated whether young children accept responsibility for the negative actions of ing...
Parental induction of empathy-related guilt plays an important role in children’s moral development....
When a group engages in immoral behavior, group members face the whistleblower’s dilemma: the confli...
Children’s evaluations of necessary harm (acts intended to prevent a greater harm) and how maternal ...
When a group engages in immoral behavior, group members face the whistleblower's dilemma: the confli...
Previous research indicates that the behavioral profile of high-status children is not monolithic bu...
Parents commonly instill guilt in children during socialization (Baumeister, 1998). This practice ca...
We investigated children’s personal representations of significant sibling conflicts. Forty pairs of...
This study sought to examine links among young children's peer relations, their moral understanding ...
This study examined the development of children's judgments about noncompliance and deception of par...
Displaying guilt after a transgression serves to appease the victim and other group members, restore...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-91)The purpose of this research was to investigate chi...
Little is known about the process by which children disclose adult wrongdoing, a topic of considerab...
Purpose: Although the ability to appreciate the wrongfulness of criminal conduct and to distinguish ...
Purpose: Delinquent behaviour among children and adolescents is escalating at a considerable rate. T...
This study investigated whether young children accept responsibility for the negative actions of ing...
Parental induction of empathy-related guilt plays an important role in children’s moral development....
When a group engages in immoral behavior, group members face the whistleblower’s dilemma: the confli...
Children’s evaluations of necessary harm (acts intended to prevent a greater harm) and how maternal ...
When a group engages in immoral behavior, group members face the whistleblower's dilemma: the confli...
Previous research indicates that the behavioral profile of high-status children is not monolithic bu...
Parents commonly instill guilt in children during socialization (Baumeister, 1998). This practice ca...
We investigated children’s personal representations of significant sibling conflicts. Forty pairs of...
This study sought to examine links among young children's peer relations, their moral understanding ...