Sharing for the common good: Children's levels of social inclusion within the group and their sharing decisions in a public goods game

IF 3.8 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

British Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2026-06-04 DOI:10.1111/bjso.70105

Yael Malin, Hagit Sabato

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Abstract

Across two studies, this research explored the relationship between levels of social inclusion within a group and cooperative sharing decisions among children, using the public goods game (PGG). In Study 1 (10–12 years old, N = 165), participants' social inclusion was experimentally manipulated using a modified version of the Cyberball paradigm that varied the number of ball tosses, after which they were asked about their willingness to contribute resources to the common pool in the PGG. In Study 2 (10–11 years old, N = 249), social inclusion was measured in a naturalistic context by assessing children's interactions with peers in their class and their actual contributions in the PGG at two time points, 1 week apart. In both studies, children who experienced higher levels of social inclusion within the group were more willing to contribute to the group, even at a personal cost, compared with children experiencing lower levels of social inclusion. Together, these findings deepen our understanding of how social inclusion within the group shapes prosocial behaviour during middle childhood—a pivotal period in social development.

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为共同利益而分享：儿童在群体中的社会包容水平及其在公共物品游戏中的分享决策。

在两项研究中，本研究利用公共物品游戏（public goods game， PGG）探讨了群体内社会包容水平与儿童合作分享决策之间的关系。在研究1中（10-12岁，N = 165），参与者的社会包容实验使用修改版本的赛博球范式来改变投球次数，之后他们被问及他们愿意为PGG的公共池贡献资源。在研究2（10-11岁，N = 249）中，通过评估儿童与班级同伴的互动以及他们在PGG中相隔一周的两个时间点的实际贡献，在自然主义背景下测量社会包容。在这两项研究中，与社会包容程度较低的儿童相比，在群体中社会包容程度较高的儿童更愿意为群体做出贡献，即使付出个人代价。总之，这些发现加深了我们对在社会发展的关键时期——儿童中期，群体内的社会包容如何塑造亲社会行为的理解。

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British Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： The British Journal of Social Psychology publishes work from scholars based in all parts of the world, and manuscripts that present data on a wide range of populations inside and outside the UK. It publishes original papers in all areas of social psychology including: • social cognition • attitudes • group processes • social influence • intergroup relations • self and identity • nonverbal communication • social psychological aspects of personality, affect and emotion • language and discourse Submissions addressing these topics from a variety of approaches and methods, both quantitative and qualitative are welcomed. We publish papers of the following kinds: • empirical papers that address theoretical issues; • theoretical papers, including analyses of existing social psychological theories and presentations of theoretical innovations, extensions, or integrations; • review papers that provide an evaluation of work within a given area of social psychology and that present proposals for further research in that area; • methodological papers concerning issues that are particularly relevant to a wide range of social psychologists; • an invited agenda article as the first article in the first part of every volume. The editorial team aims to handle papers as efficiently as possible. In 2016, papers were triaged within less than a week, and the average turnaround time from receipt of the manuscript to first decision sent back to the authors was 47 days.