Situations in Which I Was Wise: Autobiographical Wisdom Memories of Children and Adolescents

Autor/inn/en	Konig, Susanne; Gluck, Judith
Titel	Situations in Which I Was Wise: Autobiographical Wisdom Memories of Children and Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22 (2012) 3, S.512-525 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1050-8392
DOI	10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00800.x
Schlagwörter	Barriers; Accidents; Age; Adolescents; Developmental Tasks; Questionnaires; Knowledge Level; Children; Conflict; Empathy; Gender Differences; Age Differences; Grade 5; Grade 8; Foreign Countries; Student Attitudes; Psychology; Behavior Patterns; Poverty; Psychological Patterns; Austria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alter; Lebensalter; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Entwicklungsaufgabe; Fragebogen; Wissensbasis; Child; Kind; Kinder; Konflikt; Empathie; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Ausland; Schülerverhalten; Psychologie; Armut; Österreich
Abstract	Previous studies with adults have shown that age has an important influence on laypeople's wisdom theories. However, children's and adolescents' understanding of the concept of wisdom has hardly been investigated. In the current study, 80 children and adolescents completed a questionnaire concerning an event where they had been wise and an event where another person acted wisely. Most participants reported difficult life situations such as conflicts or accidents. In describing their wisdom, they focused on being empathic and supportive, which is likely related to their predominant developmental tasks. The persons described as wise were on average 29 years old. Contrary to expectations more females than men were described as wise. As expected, wisdom descriptions differed somewhat by gender and age group. (Contains 1 figure and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10