Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2021. Vol. 14, no. 3, 50–66
doi:10.17759/exppsy.2021140304
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)
Altruism and Parochialism Among Children and Adolescents: Sex and Age Differences
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Keywords: altruism, parochialism, friendship, children and adolescents, prosocial behavior, envy, fairness, Moscow schoolchildren
Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology
Article type: scientific article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2021140304
Funding. The reported study was funded by Russian Science Foundation (grant No 18-18-00075).
Acknowledgements. The authors are grateful for participation all schoolchildren, teachers, and the administration of the Onufrievskaya Secondary School and the Kostrov Secondary School, especially the directors of the schools — Natalya Fedorovna Korolchenko and Maria Viktorovna Platonova — for the high degree of organization of the research process and their friendly attitude in schools. The authors are also grateful to the schoolchildren and the administration of Moscow schools who took part in our study.
For citation: Burkova V.N., Butovskaya M.L., Dronova D.A., Adam Y.I. Altruism and Parochialism Among Children and Adolescents: Sex and Age Differences. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2021. Vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 50–66. DOI: 10.17759/exppsy.2021140304. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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