McLoughlin, Niamh Caitriona and Over, Harriet orcid.org/0000-0001-9461-043X (2019) Encouraging children to mentalise about a perceived outgroup increases prosocial behaviour towards outgroup members. Developmental Science. e12774. ISSN 1363-755X
Abstract
We investigated whether encouraging young children to discuss the mental states of an immigrant group would elicit more prosocial behaviour towards them and impact on their perception of a group member's emotional experience. Five- and 6-year-old children were either prompted to talk about the thoughts and feelings of this social group or to talk about their actions. Across two studies, we found that this manipulation increased the extent to which children shared with a novel member of the immigrant group who was the victim of a minor transgression. The manipulation did not lead to greater sharing towards a victim from the children's own culture and did not influence their perception of a victim's negative emotions. These results may ultimately have implications for interventions aimed at fostering positive intergroup relations within the context of immigration.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © John Wiley 2018. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
Keywords: | dehumanisation,intergroup intervention,mental state attribution,prosocial behaviour |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2019 16:20 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 15:22 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.12774 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/desc.12774 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:140863 |
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