Family Income Affects Children's Altruistic Behavior in the Dictator Game

	Family Income Affects Children's Altruistic Behavior in the Dictator Game
	Chen, Yongxiang1,2 ; Zhu, Liqi1 ; Chen, Zhe 3; Zhu, LQ (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.
心理所单位排序	1
摘要	This study aimed to examine how family income and social distance influence young rural Chinese children's altruistic behavior in the dictator game (DG). A total of 469 four-year-old children from eight rural areas in China, including many children left behind by parents who had migrated to urban areas for work, played the DG. Stickers comprised the resource, while recipients in the game were assumed to be either their friends or strangers, with the social distance (i.e., strangers compared to friends) as a between-subjects variable. Children donated significantly more stickers to their friends than to strangers. Moreover, children from lower income families donated more stickers than children from higher income families. However, no gender and parental migrant status differences in children's prosocial behaviors were evident in this sample. Findings of this study suggest that children's altruistic behaviours to peers are influenced by family characteristics since preschool age. The probable influence of local socialization practices on development and the possible adaptive significance were discussed.
学科领域	Developmental Psychology，social Psychology
	2013
语种	英语
发表期刊	PLOS ONE
ISSN	1932-6203
卷号	8 期号:11 页码:e80419
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收录类别	SCI
项目简介	This work was supported by Chinese Academy of Sciences (KJZD-EW-L04 and Y1CX012Y01), the 973 program(2010CB8339004) and National Science Foundation of China (30970911). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
WOS关键词	RECIPROCAL ALTRUISM ; PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR ; SIBLING CHILDREN ; YOUNG-CHILDREN ; CHINA ; DISCRIMINATION ; CATEGORIZATION ; EVOLUTION ; SOCIETIES
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000327252100156
引用统计	被引频次：37[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	https://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/48355
专题	中国科学院行为科学重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China; 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China; 3.Univ Calif Davis, Dept Human & Community Dev, Davis, CA 95616 USA
第一作者单位	中国科学院行为科学重点实验室
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chen, Yongxiang,Zhu, Liqi,Chen, Zhe,et al. Family Income Affects Children's Altruistic Behavior in the Dictator Game[J]. PLOS ONE,2013,8(11):e80419.
APA	Chen, Yongxiang,Zhu, Liqi,Chen, Zhe,&Zhu, LQ .(2013).Family Income Affects Children's Altruistic Behavior in the Dictator Game.PLOS ONE,8(11),e80419.
MLA	Chen, Yongxiang,et al."Family Income Affects Children's Altruistic Behavior in the Dictator Game".PLOS ONE 8.11(2013):e80419.