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Children's explanations for self-presentational behaviour

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: Previous research has underestimated children's capacity to understand the self-presentational behaviour of other people. We argue from recent research in mental-state understanding that 8-year-olds should be able to attribute self-presentational motives in order to explain others' behaviour. In the present study, children aged 6 to 11 years heard stories involving emotion-masking displays and were then asked to explain the motivations for those displays. Results supported our prediction. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Source: European Journal of Social Psychology

DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199902)29:1<105::aid-ejsp910>3.0.co;2-k

Authors: Robin Banerjee, Nicola Yuill

Institution: University of Sussex

Language: English

Topic: Child and Animal Learning Development

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2019196007

FWCI: 4.15

Cites: 12

Cited by: 93

Related to: 10