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Neighborhood Deprivation Negatively Impacts Children's Prosocial Behavior.


ABSTRACT: Children show stronger cooperative behavior in experimental settings as they get older, but little is known about how the environment of a child shapes this development. In adults, prosocial behavior toward strangers is markedly decreased in low socio-economic status (SES) neighborhoods, suggesting that environmental harshness has a negative impact on some prosocial behaviors. Similar results have been obtained with 9-year-olds recruited from low vs. high SES schools. In the current study, we investigate whether these findings generalize to a younger age group and a developing country. Specifically, we worked with a sample of thirty-nine 6- to 7-year-olds in two neighborhoods in a single city in Romania. Using a "Quality Dictator Game" that offers greater resolution than previous measures, we find that children living in the harsher neighborhood behave less prosocially toward a stranger than children living in the less harsh neighborhood.

SUBMITTER: Safra L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5107739 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Neighborhood Deprivation Negatively Impacts Children's Prosocial Behavior.

Safra Lou L   Tecu Teodora T   Lambert Stéphane S   Sheskin Mark M   Baumard Nicolas N   Chevallier Coralie C  

Frontiers in psychology 20161114


Children show stronger cooperative behavior in experimental settings as they get older, but little is known about how the environment of a child shapes this development. In adults, prosocial behavior toward strangers is markedly decreased in low socio-economic status (SES) neighborhoods, suggesting that environmental harshness has a negative impact on some prosocial behaviors. Similar results have been obtained with 9-year-olds recruited from low vs. high SES schools. In the current study, we in  ...[more]

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