Meta-Analytic Evidence against Sex Differences in Infants' and Toddlers' Preference for Prosocial Agents

Autor/inn/en	Margoni, Francesco; Block, Katharina; Hamlin, Kiley; Zmyj, Norbert; Schmader, Toni
Titel	Meta-Analytic Evidence against Sex Differences in Infants' and Toddlers' Preference for Prosocial Agents
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 59 (2023) 2, S.229-235 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Margoni, Francesco)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/dev0001421
Schlagwörter	Gender Differences; Infants; Toddlers; Prosocial Behavior; Preferences; Antisocial Behavior; Meta Analysis; Foreign Countries; United States; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterkonflikt; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Infants; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Ausland; USA; Europa
Abstract	Can well-documented gender differences in evaluations of prosocial versus antisocial actions found in childhood and adulthood be traced to sex differences in basic sociomoral preferences in infancy? We provide an answer to this question by meta-analyzing sex differences in preference for prosocial over antisocial agents in a set of 53 samples of American and European infants and toddlers aged between 4 and 32 months (N = 1,094). Although the original studies were agnostic to sex differences, we were able to retrieve the original data sets and estimate the effect of infants' and toddlers' sex on sociomoral preferences. Employing both a standard frequentist and a Bayesian approach to meta-analysis, we found strong evidence supporting the absence of sex differences in sociomoral preferences among infants and toddlers. We discuss the relevance of this finding for theories and descriptions of the emergence and developmental trajectory of gender differences in morality. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01