TY - JOUR
T1 - The relations between values and prosocial behavior among children
T2 - The moderating role of age
AU - Benish-Weisman, Maya
AU - Daniel, Ella
AU - Sneddon, Joanne
AU - Lee, Julie
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2019/4/15
Y1 - 2019/4/15
N2 - Do children's values relate to their prosocial behavior? To answer this question, this study investigated N = 586 Australian children aged 6–12; the children reported their values and their prosocial behavior was assessed by peer nominations. As hypothesized, prosocial behavior was negatively correlated with self-enhancement values and positively correlated with self-transcendence and conservation values. In addition, age moderated the relations between values and prosocial behavior. For younger children, negative relations were found between openness-to-change values and prosocial behavior, but for older children, the relations were significantly positive. A mirror image appeared for the interaction of age and conservation values. The results have implications for values development among children and for moral development.
AB - Do children's values relate to their prosocial behavior? To answer this question, this study investigated N = 586 Australian children aged 6–12; the children reported their values and their prosocial behavior was assessed by peer nominations. As hypothesized, prosocial behavior was negatively correlated with self-enhancement values and positively correlated with self-transcendence and conservation values. In addition, age moderated the relations between values and prosocial behavior. For younger children, negative relations were found between openness-to-change values and prosocial behavior, but for older children, the relations were significantly positive. A mirror image appeared for the interaction of age and conservation values. The results have implications for values development among children and for moral development.
KW - Age
KW - Behavior
KW - Children
KW - Moral development
KW - Prosocial behavior
KW - Values
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060079524&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2019.01.019
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2019.01.019
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AN - SCOPUS:85060079524
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 141
SP - 241
EP - 247
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -