A Naturalistic Study of Reciprocity in the Helping Behavior of Young Children.

Autor/in	Marcus, Robert F.
Titel	A Naturalistic Study of Reciprocity in the Helping Behavior of Young Children.
Quelle	(1977), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Altruism; Helping Relationship; Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Prosocial Behavior; Research; Sex Differences; Social Relations; Socioeconomic Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Helfende Beziehung; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Forschung; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Soziale Beziehung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	This study attempts to demonstrate factors governing reciprocity of helping behavior in nursery school children. A time sampling method with a pre-set 10 category system was used to record the psychological and task helping behavior of 19 preschool children (mean age 5 1/2 years) over a 2-month period. Each child also completed a sociometric status test and was rated on his relative helpfulness by two teachers. It was found that help given by children was reliably reciprocated by peers. Reciprocity was stronger when the recipient was liked by the giver than when the recipient was disliked. High sociometric status children received more help than they gave while low sociometric status children gave more help than they received. A negative relationship was found between sociometric status and both psychological and directed (solicited) help received. Helping behavior occurred primarily between same sex peers and consistent sex differences were found in favor of males on all observational measures of helping behavior. (Author/SB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01