학술논문
Out-group prosocial giving during childhood: The role of in-group preference and out-group attitudes in a divided society.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*INGROUPS (Social groups)
*OUTGROUPS (Social groups)
*IDENTITY (Psychology)
*PROSOCIAL behavior
*ATTITUDE (Psychology)
*GROUP identity
*INTERGROUP relations
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ISSN
0165-0254
Abstract
Amid protracted conflict, children are raised in divided contexts that shape the development of their intergroup attitudes and behaviors. Social identity development theory (SIDT) suggests that in-group preference may contribute to more negative out-group attitudes and behaviors in middle childhood. In such contexts, in-group favoritism may shape resource distribution, a key indicator of prosocial behavior. This study examined the predictors of resource distribution among 387 children (age: M = 9.59, SD = 2.34) of majority (Jewish) and minority (Arab-Muslim) groups in Israel. Rooted in SIDT, a multiple-group chain mediation found that the effect of age on out-group prosocial giving was serially mediated by the child's in-group symbol preference and negative out-group attitudes. The mediation held across both majority and minority groups, highlighting the underlying developmental process of prosocial giving across group lines in a divided society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]