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When Is It Okay to Exclude a Member of the Ingroup? Children's and Adolescents’ Social Reasoning

Hitti, Aline, Mulvey, Kelly Lynn, Rutland, Adam, Abrams, Dominic, Killen, Melanie (2013) When Is It Okay to Exclude a Member of the Ingroup? Children's and Adolescents’ Social Reasoning. Social Development, 23 (3). pp. 451-469. ISSN 0961-205X. (doi:10.1111/sode.12047) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:41551)

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Abstract

Social exclusion of those who challenge group norms was investigated by asking children and adolescents, adolescents, age 9–13 years (N?= 381), to evaluate exclusion of group members who deviated from group norms. Testing predictions from social reasoning developmental theories of group-based exclusion, children and adolescents evaluated exclusion based on group norms involving allocation of resources and group traditions about dress code. Exclusion of deviant members was viewed as increasingly wrong with age, but also varied by the type of norm the deviant challenged. Participants who reported disliking a deviant member who wanted to distribute money unequally also found it acceptable to exclude them. Those who disliked deviants who went against norms about dress codes did not think exclusion was warranted. These findings are discussed in the context of children's social-cognitive development regarding peer rejection as well as the role played by moral judgment and group dynamics.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1111/sode.12047
Uncontrolled keywords: social exclusion;group dynamics;moral judgment;group norms
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: M.L. Barnoux
Date Deposited: 26 Jun 2014 13:16 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Feb 2021 12:54 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/41551 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Rutland, Adam.

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Abrams, Dominic.

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