| Title: |
Encouraging Honesty: Developmental Differences in the Influence of Honesty Promotion Techniques |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Angela D. Evans (ORCID 0000-0003-3409-5979); Victoria Talwar |
| Source: |
Developmental Psychology. 2024 60(3):481-490. |
| Availability: |
American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org |
| Peer Reviewed: |
Y |
| Page Count: |
10 |
| Publication Date: |
2024 |
| Document Type: |
Journal Articles; Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
Foreign Countries; Young Children; Moral Development; Deception; Psychological Patterns; Emotional Response; Child Behavior; Ethics; Self Concept; Self Management; Modeling (Psychology); Prosocial Behavior; Age Differences; Motivation Techniques; Individual Development |
| Geographic Terms: |
Canada |
| DOI: |
10.1037/dev0001640 |
| ISSN: |
0012-1649; 1939-0599 |
| Abstract: |
Given the value placed on honesty and the negative consequences of lying, encouraging children's truth-telling is important. The present investigation assessed honesty promotion techniques for encouraging 3-8-year-old Canadian children's (Study 1: n = 301, 54% female; Study 2: n = 229, 50% female from predominantly White middle-class samples) disclosure of a transgression and whether they varied by age. Study 1 examined promising to tell the truth, inducing self-awareness, and the combination of both promising and self-awareness. Study 2 assessed modeling honesty, positive consequences of honesty, and the combination of modeling and consequences. Some individual techniques worked for specific age groups: Self-awareness only increased 3-4-year-olds' and promising only increased 7-8-year-olds' honesty. However, the combination of modeling and consequences increased honesty for all age groups. Findings suggest that different motivational factors may encourage children's honesty across childhood. |
| Abstractor: |
As Provided |
| Entry Date: |
2024 |
| Accession Number: |
EJ1415302 |
| Database: |
ERIC |