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Nesdale, Drew; Scarlett, Michael – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2004
This study examined the effect on pre-adolescent children's attitudes to bullying of one group-based variable (group status) and two situational variables (rule legitimacy and rule consistency). Pre-adolescent boys (n = 229) read a story about a group of boys who had high or low (handball) status. The legitimacy (high versus low) of the rules…
Descriptors: Bullying, Males, Student Attitudes, Athletics
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Nesdale, Drew; Brown, Kristi – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2004
Given that children have a strong bias towards their in-group, this study examined how children respond to a group member who is revealed to have negative qualities. One hundred and twenty Anglo-Australian children who were 6, 9, or 12 years of age heard a story about an (in-group) Anglo-Australian boy and a (out-group) Chinese boy who were good…
Descriptors: Personality, Recognition (Psychology), Memory, Scores