Jones Tucker L, Wadian Taylor W, Barnett Mark A, Hellmer Mary K, Pino Lauren N
a Department of Psychological Sciences , Kansas State University , Manhattan , Kansas , USA.
J Genet Psychol. 2018 Jan-Feb;179(1):1-8. doi: 10.1080/00221325.2017.1392280. Epub 2017 Dec 1.
The present study was designed to (a) examine 5- to 8-year-old children's ability to discriminate between antisocial and prosocial teases and (b) determine whether their age and experiences within the home are associated with their ability to recognize these two types of teases. Results revealed that the 5- to 8-year-old children were able to discriminate between antisocial and prosocial teases. Although the children's parents or legal guardians indicated that the children had more frequent experience with prosocial than antisocial teases in the home, (a) the children were better able to correctly identify the intent of antisocial teasers than prosocial teasers and (b) the parents or legal guardians (correctly) indicated that their child would be better able to recognize an antisocial tease than a prosocial tease. Despite the finding that the children's comprehension of antisocial teasing tended to exceed their comprehension of prosocial teasing, the findings indicate that being relatively young (i.e., 5-6 years old vs. 7-8 years old) and having relatively frequent experience with antisocial teasing in the home may be associated with some children's difficulty in recognizing the intent behind antisocial teases.
(a) 考察5至8岁儿童区分反社会戏弄和亲社会戏弄的能力；(b) 确定他们的年龄和家庭经历是否与识别这两种戏弄的能力相关。结果显示，5至8岁儿童能够区分反社会戏弄和亲社会戏弄。尽管儿童的父母或法定监护人表示，儿童在家中经历亲社会戏弄的频率高于反社会戏弄，但：(a) 儿童识别反社会戏弄者意图的能力优于亲社会戏弄者；(b) 父母或法定监护人（正确地）表示，他们的孩子识别反社会戏弄的能力优于亲社会戏弄。尽管研究发现儿童对反社会戏弄的理解往往超过对亲社会戏弄的理解，但研究结果表明，相对年幼（即5至6岁与7至8岁）以及在家中相对频繁地经历反社会戏弄，可能与一些儿童难以识别反社会戏弄背后的意图有关。
