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The Development of Primary School Children’s Promise Cognition and Its Attribution Orientation
Received date: 2022-12-14
Online published: 2023-11-10
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To investigate the developmental characteristics of primary school children’s promise cognition and its attribution orientation, a total of 271 children aged 7, 9, and 11 years were recruited and their promise cognition was measured by self-designed scenario stories. The results were as follows: 1) The promise cognition of primary school children showed an “inverted U-shaped” developmental trend with 9 years old serving as the turning point. 2) Seven-year-olds had more negative cognition with regard to violating authority promises, whereas 9- and 11-year-olds had more negative cognition to violating peer promises. 3) Primary school children had the most negative cognition toward intentionally violating promises, and the most positive cognition toward unintentionally violating promises. 4) Primary school children tended to attribute towards the promise orientation when facing the violation of authority promise, while they tended to attribute towards the outcome orientation when facing the violation of peer promise. The research indicates that the development of promise cognition in primary school children aged 7, 9, and 11 years is influenced by the recipients of the promise and the intentions of violation.
Fang DING , Xinyuan ZHANG , Jiao LIU . The Development of Primary School Children’s Promise Cognition and Its Attribution Orientation[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2023 , 21(5) : 608 -613 . DOI: 10.12139/j.1672-0628.2023.05.005
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