Children's Response to Adult Disgust Elicitors: Development and Acquisition

Autor/inn/en	Stevenson, Richard J.; Oaten, Megan J.; Case, Trevor I.; Repacholi, Betty M.; Wagland, Paul
Titel	Children's Response to Adult Disgust Elicitors: Development and Acquisition
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 46 (2010) 1, S.165-177 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0016692
Schlagwörter	Nonverbal Communication; Young Children; Parent Child Relationship; Feedback (Response); Adolescents; Evaluation Methods; Surveys; Emotional Response; Parents; Psychology; Child Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Frühe Kindheit; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Emotionales Verhalten; Eltern; Psychologie; Kindesentwicklung
Abstract	Little is known about when or how different disgust elicitors are acquired. In Study 1, parents of children (0-18 years old) rated how their child would react to 22 disgust elicitors. Different developmental patterns were identified for core, animal, and sociomoral elicitors, with core elicitors emerging first. In Study 2, children (2-16 years old) were exposed alone and then with their parent to a range of elicitors derived from Study 1. Self-report, behavioral, and facial expression data were obtained along with measures of contagion, conservation, and contamination. Convergent evidence supported the developmental patterns reported in Study 1. Evidence for parent-child transmission was also observed, with parents of young children emoting more disgust to their offspring and showing greater behavioral avoidance. Moreover, child reactivity to animal and sociomoral elicitors and contamination correlated with parental responsiveness. Finally, young children who failed to demonstrate contagion and conservation knowledge were as reactive to core elicitors and contamination as children of the same age who demonstrated such knowledge. These findings are interpreted within an evolutionary framework in which core disgust responses are acquired early to promote avoidance of pathogens. (Contains 3 tables and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10