Development of Equity Preferences in Boys and Girls Across Adolescence

• Autores: Rosa Meuwese, Eveline A. Crone, Mark de Rooij, Berna Güroğlu
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 86, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 145-158
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The aim of the current study was to examine the development of equity preferences across adolescence, for boys and girls separately. Participants from 8 to 18 years old (M = 14.09 years; N = 1,216) played four economic allocation games. Analyses revealed a decrease in equity preferences with age and this decrease was stronger for boys than for girls. There was also an age-related increase in the preference for efficient outcomes (i.e., maximization of total available resources), which was again stronger for boys than for girls. Overall, although equity remains as a strong social norm, adolescents are decreasingly strict in adhering to the equity norm and show increasing flexibility in equity preferences.