Two-Year-Old Toddlers' Prosocial Responses to a Crying Peer : Social Evaluation Mechanisms.

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  • 2歳児による泣いている幼児への向社会的な反応 : 対人評価機能との関連性に注目して
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This study investigated toddlers' responses to a crying peer, to assess whether their responses were affected by the features of the peer and one's relationship with the peer. Two-year old toddlers were selected as participants because at that age young children begin to show a prosocial response to a crying peer and cry frequently. The behavior of 10 toddlers was videotaped during free-play time at a nursery school. Episodes in which a toddler cried and was responded to by a nearby toddler were examined. Using a generalized linear mixed model, we analyzed the nearby toddlers' responses to determine whether they varied according to the features of the crying toddler. Toddlers were more likely to respond prosocially to peers who seldom cried or attacked than frequent criers or attackers. In addition, toddlers were more likely to respond prosocially to a familiar toddler than to an unfamiliar one. These findings suggest that social evaluation of features of a crying peer and the child's relationship with the crying peer affects prosocial behavior in a group childcare setting.

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