どれだけ申し訳ないのか? 幼い子供の許しは,罪を犯した者の悔悟の深さに敏感です
Sophie Clayton1, Amrisha Vaish1
1Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, 485 McCormick Road, Charlottesville, VA, United States.
Journal of experimental child psychology
|February 15, 2026
まとめ
5歳と6歳の子供は,精巧な謝罪をする違反者をより寛容に許し,後悔の深さに敏感であることを示しています. これは,許しと協力的意図に関する早期に発達する社会的認知を示唆しています.
科学分野:
- 発達心理学の心理学について
- 社会心理学 社会心理学とは
- 道徳的発展 道徳的発展 道徳的発展
背景:
- 罪を犯した後の関係を修復するために,許すことは極めて重要です.
- 幼い子供たちは,悔い改める人たちを,悔い改めない人たちを許すよりも,悔い改める人たちを許すほうが容易である.
- 子供の許しにおける後悔の表現のニュアンスがよく理解されていません.
研究 の 目的:
- 子どもが深い後悔と表面的な後悔を区別できるかどうかを調べる.
- 後悔の深さが子供の許しと資源の配分に影響するかどうかを判断する.
- 悔い改めによって伝わる協力的意図に対する子供の感受性を探求すること.
主な方法:
- 5歳と6歳の子供 (N=51) は,意図的な絵の破壊のビデオを見ました.
- 違反者は,単純な謝罪か,複雑な謝罪のどちらかを申し出ました.
- 子供たちは,違反者を評価し,リソースを割り当て,正当化を提供しました.
主要な成果:
- 子どもたちは,単純な謝罪よりも,精巧な謝罪を,より肯定的に評価した.
- 参加者は,詳細な謝罪をした違反者により多くのリソースを割り当てました.
- 謝罪の理由には,受け取った謝罪の性質と深度がよく記載されていた.
結論:
- 5歳になる頃には,子どもたちは,その存在だけでなく,後悔の深さに敏感になります.
- 洗練された謝罪を通して伝えられるより深い後悔は,よりポジティブな評価とより大きな許しにつながります.
- 許容性についての子供の判断は,後悔によって示される真摯さと協力的意図の認識によって影響を受けます.
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