O'Connor Alison M, Evans Angela D
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada.
Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada.
J Exp Child Psychol. 2018 Apr;168:49-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2017.12.006. Epub 2018 Jan 6.
The current study investigated how having at least one child sibling influenced children's dishonest behaviors. Furthermore, for those children with a sibling, we examined whether having a younger or older sibling and the age difference between siblings influenced deceptive acts. Children between 3 and 8 years of age (N = 130) completed the temptation resistance paradigm, where they played a guessing game and were asked not to peek at a toy in the experimenter's absence. Children's peeking behavior was used as a measure of cheating, and children's responses when asked whether they had peeked were used as measures of lie-telling. Results demonstrate that siblings do indeed influence children's deceptive behaviors. First, children with a sibling were significantly more likely to cheat compared with children without any siblings. Next, for those with a sibling, children with a larger age difference with their younger sibling(s) were significantly more likely to lie compared with children closer in age, and children with a younger sibling were significantly more likely to maintain their lie during follow-up questioning compared with children with an older sibling.
本研究调查了至少有一个同胞兄弟姐妹如何影响儿童的不诚实行为。此外，对于那些有兄弟姐妹的儿童，我们考察了有弟弟妹妹或哥哥姐姐以及兄弟姐妹之间的年龄差是否会影响欺骗行为。3至8岁的儿童（N = 130）完成了抗诱惑范式实验，他们参与一个猜谜游戏，并被要求在实验者不在场时不要偷看玩具。儿童的偷看行为被用作欺骗的衡量指标，当被问及是否偷看时儿童的回答被用作说谎的衡量指标。结果表明，兄弟姐妹确实会影响儿童的欺骗行为。首先，与没有任何兄弟姐妹的儿童相比，有兄弟姐妹的儿童作弊的可能性显著更高。其次，对于那些有兄弟姐妹的儿童，与年龄相近的儿童相比，与弟弟妹妹年龄差较大的儿童说谎的可能性显著更高，并且与有哥哥姐姐的儿童相比，有弟弟妹妹的儿童在后续提问中更有可能维持他们的谎言。
