Utrecht University.
Child Dev. 2018 Sep;89(5):1908-1920. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13087. Epub 2018 Jun 19.
Two studies investigated whether parent-child discussion of peer provocations reduces young children's hostile attributional bias. Study 1 (N = 109, age 4-7)-an observational study-showed that parent-child discussion of nonhostile attributions (when reading a picture book) predicted reductions in children's hostile attributional bias from pre- to postdiscussion. Study 2 (N = 160, age 4-6)-an experimental study-showed that stimulating parents to discuss either nonhostile attributions or normative beliefs (vs. a control condition) reduced children's hostile attributional bias in response to hypothetical vignettes, but not in response to a staged peer provocation. These findings suggest that by framing social situations, parents may help their children perceive less hostility in their social worlds.
两项研究调查了亲子讨论同伴挑衅是否会减少幼儿的敌意归因偏差。研究 1（N=109，年龄 4-7 岁）——一项观察性研究——表明，亲子讨论非敌意归因（当阅读图画书时）可以预测从讨论前到讨论后的儿童敌意归因偏差的减少。研究 2（N=160，年龄 4-6 岁）——一项实验性研究——表明，激发父母讨论非敌意归因或规范信念（与对照条件相比）可以减少儿童对假设情景的敌意归因偏差，但不能减少对 staged peer provocation 的敌意归因偏差。这些发现表明，通过构建社会情境，父母可以帮助孩子在他们的社会世界中感知到较少的敌意。
