Helping Behavior among Preschool Children: An Observational Study
1982; Wiley; Volume: 53; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1982.tb01329.x
ISSN1467-8624
AutoresDaniel Bar‐Tal, Alona Raviv, Marta Goldberg,
Tópico(s)Child Development and Digital Technology
ResumoBAR-TAL, DANIEL; RAVIV, ALONA; and GOLDBERG, MARTA. Helping Behavior among Preschool Children: An Observational Study. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1982, 53, 396-402. The present study describes helping behavior of preschool children. 156 children between the ages of 18 and 76 months were observed 3 times for 10 min each, during their free play activity. The observers coded each helping act (whether it was performed in play or in reality) and noted its form (sharing, giving, aiding, and comforting), circumstances (self-initiation, compliance, and imitation), and condition (no promise of a reward, promise of social reward, promise of tangible reward and threat). The children were divided into 5 age groups. The results showed that, in general, helping behavior did not increase with age. But, with age, children performed fewer helping acts in imaginative play situations and more real helping acts. Also, with age, children performed more real comforting acts and fewer real giving acts. With regard to the other categories, no age differences were found.
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