The differential effects of situational and motivational cues and moral reasoning on prosocial behavior in kindergarten and fifth grade children

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dc.contributor.authorWilburn, Gina Bevinsen
dc.contributor.departmentChild Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:52:37Zen
dc.date.adate2008-12-30en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:52:37Zen
dc.date.issued1991en
dc.date.rdate2008-12-30en
dc.date.sdate2008-12-30en
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the effects of controllability by the victim over his plight, the suggestion of future reciprocity, moral reasoning and social comprehension on the donating behavior of children of differential age groups. Forty-six children of kindergarten age and 32 fifth grade children were divided into four control groups (controllability, controllability/reciprocity, uncontrollability, or uncontrollability/reciprocity), read the condition-appropriate vignette, and then given the opportunity to donate 0-5 items. Additionally, each subject was administered the Prosocial Moral Judgement Inventory (Eisenberg-Berg & Hand, 1979) and the Social Comprehension subtest of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Revised (Wechsler, 1974). Nonsignificant results were found for the contollability and reciprocity variables. A <u>T</u>-test revealed near significance, <u>t</u>(75)= 1.87, <u>p</u>< .0657, when effects of age on moral reasoning are assessed. However, a correlational analysis revealed a nonsignificant correlation between moral reasoning and donating. Significant results were obtained, <u>r</u>=.34, between social comprehension and donating. The practical implications of these findings suggest that children's socialization plays an important role in prosocial behavior. Moreover, socialization through experiential versus purely cognitive approaches may be most beneficial.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 67 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-12302008-063141en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12302008-063141/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/46430en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1991.W543.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 25662146en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
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dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1991.W543en
dc.subject.lcshChild psychologyen
dc.subject.lcshReasoning in childrenen
dc.titleThe differential effects of situational and motivational cues and moral reasoning on prosocial behavior in kindergarten and fifth grade childrenen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineChild Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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