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AuthorHuppert E.
AuthorCowell J.M.
AuthorCheng Y.
AuthorContreras-Ibanez C.
AuthorGomez-Sicard N.
AuthorGonzalez-Gadea M.L.
AuthorHuepe D.
AuthorIbanez A.
AuthorLee K.
AuthorMahasneh R.
AuthorMalcolm-Smith S.
AuthorSalas N.
AuthorSelcuk B.
AuthorTungodden B.
AuthorWong A.
AuthorZhou X.
AuthorDecety J.
Available date2020-04-25T01:02:19Z
Publication Date2019
Publication NameDevelopmental Science
ResourceScopus
ISSN1363755X
URIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/desc.12729
URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/14424
AbstractA concern for fairness is a fundamental and universal element of morality. To examine the extent to which cultural norms are integrated into fairness cognitions and influence social preferences regarding equality and equity, a large sample of children (N 2,163) aged 4-11 were tested in 13 diverse countries. Children participated in three versions of a third-party, contextualized distributive justice game between two hypothetical recipients differing in terms of wealth, merit, and empathy. Social decision-making in these games revealed universal age-related shifts from equality-based to equity-based distribution motivations across cultures. However, differences in levels of individualism and collectivism between the 13 countries predicted the age and extent to which children favor equity in each condition. Children from the most individualistic cultures endorsed equitable distributions to a greater degree than children from more collectivist cultures when recipients differed in regards to wealth and merit. However, in an empathy context where recipients differed in injury, children from the most collectivist cultures exhibited greater preferences to distribute resource equitably compared to children from more individualistic cultures. Children from the more individualistic cultures also favored equitable distributions at an earlier age than children from more collectivist cultures overall. These results demonstrate aspects of both cross-cultural similarity and divergence in the development of fairness preferences.
SponsorThis study was supported by a grant from the John Templeton
Languageen
PublisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjectcollectivism/individualism
cross-cultural development
equality
equity
fairness
morality
resource allocation
social decision-making
TitleThe development of children's preferences for equality and equity across 13 individualistic and collectivist cultures
TypeArticle
Issue Number2
Volume Number22
dc.accessType Abstract Only


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