Journal
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Volume 141, Issue -, Pages 241-247Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.01.019
Keywords
Values; Behavior; Prosocial behavior; Children; Moral development; Age
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- University of Western Australia
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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.
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