在整个生命周期中发展宽恕的概念
Abby McLaughlin1, Julia Marshall1, Katherine McAuliffe1
1Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA.
Child development
|May 31, 2024
概括
儿童,青少年和成年人都明白,宽恕会带来积极的结果,而惩罚和不采取行动会带来负面后果. 对积极结果的期望随着年龄的增长而减少,特别是对惩罚和不采取行动.
科学领域:
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 道德心理学道德心理学
背景情况:
- 合作依赖于理解对违法行为的反应.
- 关于个人如何感知这些反应的后果的知识有限.
研究的目的:
- 探索儿童,青少年和成年人对宽恕,惩罚和无所作为作为对过犯的反应的理解.
- 调查这些反应的感知后果的与年龄相关的差异.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及544名参与者的研究涉及三个年龄组:儿童 (5-9岁),青少年 (11-14岁) 和成年人.
- 评估了参与者对原谅,惩罚和无所作为相关结果的理解.
主要成果:
- 各个年龄段的参与者区分了原谅,惩罚和不采取行动的后果.
- 宽恕与更积极和更少的负面结果有关.
- 惩罚和无所作为与更负面和更少的积极结果有关.
- 预期积极结果的可能性随着年龄的增长而下降,最显著的是惩罚和不采取行动.
结论:
- 个人对原谅,惩罚和不采取行动的后果有不同的理解.
- 年龄影响对积极结果的期望,老年人预期的积极结果较少,特别是惩罚和不采取行动.
- 调查结果提供了关于社会互动和合作中响应策略的推理的见解.
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