Queen's University Belfast.
Child Dev. 2019 Jul;90(4):e486-e504. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13029. Epub 2018 Jan 22.
Three experiments examined children's ability to feel regret following a failure to act prosocially. In Experiment 1, ninety 6- to 7-year-olds and one hundred seven 7- to 9-year-olds were given a choice to donate a resource to another child. If they failed to donate, they discovered that this meant the other child could not win a prize. Children in both age groups then showed evidence of experiencing regret, although not in control conditions where they had not made the choice themselves or their choice did not negatively affect the other child. In Experiment 2, eighty-five 5- to 6-year-olds and one hundred nine 7- to 9-year-olds completed the same task; only the older group showed evidence of regret. In Experiment 3, with one hundred thirty-four 6- to 7-year-olds, experiencing regret was associated with subsequently making other prosocial choices.
三个实验检验了儿童在未能表现出亲社会行为后感到后悔的能力。在实验 1 中，90 名 6 至 7 岁儿童和 107 名 7 至 9 岁儿童被给予一个向另一个孩子捐赠资源的选择。如果他们未能捐赠，他们发现这意味着另一个孩子无法赢得奖品。两个年龄组的儿童都表现出了后悔的迹象，尽管在他们没有做出选择或他们的选择没有对另一个孩子产生负面影响的控制条件下没有表现出后悔。在实验 2 中，85 名 5 至 6 岁儿童和 109 名 7 至 9 岁儿童完成了相同的任务；只有年龄较大的组表现出了后悔的迹象。在实验 3 中，对 134 名 6 至 7 岁儿童进行了研究，结果表明，后悔与随后做出其他亲社会选择有关。
