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Individual differences in empathy‐related responses in early childhood: A person‐centred approach

open access: yesBritish Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Empathy is vital for social development in early childhood. This study investigates the empathy‐related behaviours of 362 German and Canadian children (49.72% girls) aged 3 to 6 years (M = 60.65 months; SD = 11.43 months), focusing on responses to emotional distress.
Johannes Bullinger   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Children in Multicultural Malaysia Prefer Their Ingroup Over an Outgroup but Imitate Indiscriminately

open access: yesBritish Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study scrutinised whether children's imitative tendency varied depending on the model's ethnicity in a multicultural nation, Malaysia. 123 Malaysian Chinese and Malay children aged four to six were shown how to complete two goal‐oriented, tool‐use tasks using either an inefficient but normative method or an efficient alternative.
Rachel Y. Chin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Gender stereotypes in preschool: An examination of age and gender differences

open access: yesBritish Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Gender stereotypes are prevalent in many societies and begin to emerge in early childhood. The present study examined the gender stereotypes and their association with age and gender in preschool. Gender stereotypes of feminine, masculine and gender‐neutral traits and behaviours were collected in a sample of 104 German and Austrian children ...
Johanna Landvogt, Jan Lenhart
wiley   +1 more source

Turkish preschoolers show an advantage in their understanding of their own representational change over others' false belief

open access: yesBritish Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent studies suggest that Turkish preschoolers exhibit a different pattern of theory of mind development than Western samples, particularly with respect to understanding the diversity of beliefs and knowledge acquisition. The present study posits that such differences extend to distinctions between understanding others' false belief and one ...
Mesut Saçkes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some culture is hiding in plain sight in research on child development

open access: yesBritish Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Child development is cultural in nature, yet a divide persists between a (cross‐)cultural developmental science niche alongside a seemingly a‐cultural mainstream. In particular, childhood research relying on convenience sampling in often Western, post‐industrial (i.e., WEIRD) societies rarely ventures into issues of culture and context ...
Roman Stengelin
wiley   +1 more source

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