Experimental study of association between altruistic behavior and inhibitory control in preschool child

XIAO Qi-peng; DAI Mei-xia; LIU Bu-yun; YANG Wen-han; WANG Xu-xiang; JING Jin

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2017-25-05-02

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2017, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (5) : 437-439. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2017-25-05-02

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Experimental study of association between altruistic behavior and inhibitory control in preschool child

XIAO Qi-peng, DAI Mei-xia, LIU Bu-yun, YANG Wen-han, WANG Xu-xiang, JING Jin

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Objective To analyse the association between altruistic behavior and inhibitory control and their mechanism. Method A total of 131 preschool children [66 boys and 65 girls,average age (5.1±0.9)] were tested using dictator game,day-night task,bear-dragon task and gift delay task. Results 1)The ability of delay of gratification of children with altruistic behavior was apparently higher than that of children without altruistic behavior (t=-3.392,P<0.001);2) The ability of interference inhibition (F=3.579,P=0.031) and response inhibition (F=4.235,P=0.017) of different level of sharing had a significantly different;3) The ability of delay of gratification was one of indicators of altruistic behavior (χ²=14.745,P=0.001). Conclusions The altruistic behavior of preschool children is different.The ability of delay of gratification between children with/without altruistic behavior is different.

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altruistic behavior / inhibitory control / delay of gratification

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XIAO Qi-peng, DAI Mei-xia, LIU Bu-yun, YANG Wen-han, WANG Xu-xiang, JING Jin. Experimental study of association between altruistic behavior and inhibitory control in preschool child[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2017, 25(5): 437-439 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2017-25-05-02

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