Lying and truthfulness: children’s definition, standards and evaluative reactions. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 20(1), 47–65.īussey, K. Children’s understanding about white lies. Where (who) are collectives in collectivism? Toward conceptual clarification of individualism and collectivism. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 11(1), 56–95.īrewer, M. The influence of parenting style on adolescent competence and substance use. Conflict resolution across cultures: A Hawaii perspective and a pacific mediation model. The impact of socioeconomic status, parenting style, and religion on the moral development of young adults (doctoral dissertation). Temperament, parenting, and moral development: Specificity of behavior and context. Current findings indicate that culture may influence moral judgments of lies and truths.Īugustine, M. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that the impact of parental discipline methods on children’s moral evaluations of different lies. All participants rated antisocial lies negatively. No cultural or age difference were found in evaluations of collective lies. Results revealed that Persian children rated politeness lies more positively compared to Canadian children. Hierarchical linear regression model analyses showed the disparities among the different cultures. Moreover, parents filled out a parenting practices questionnaire. A 6-point Likert scale was used to examine children’s moral evaluations. The vignettes fall into following categories: (a)-prosocial situations (a child story character tell lies with intention to help, and to protect someone’s feelings from being hurt) (b)-antisocial situations (a child story character tell lies to avoid punishment or self-benefit) (c)- collective situations, a child story character either tell lies or tells the truth to help a group but harm an individual or vice versa. The scenarios depict events in different settings. In both countries, children were read twelve scenarios. In total 360 children in 4 different age groups (5, 7, 9, and 11) were recruited ( M = 7.99 SD = 2.25).

One hundred and eighty data from each country have been gathered.

collective-oriented lies and truths in the light of parenting practices was investigated. Canadian and Persian children’s moral judgments of lie- and truth-telling in prosocial, antisocial situations as well as individual vs.

Different cultural contexts