Mine or yours? Development of sharing in toddlers in relation to ownership understanding.
Published
Journal Article
To examine early developments in other-oriented resource sharing, fifty-one 18- and 24-month-old children were administered 6 tasks with toys or food that could be shared with an adult playmate who had none. On each task the playmate communicated her desire for the items in a series of progressively more explicit cues. Twenty-four-month-olds shared frequently and spontaneously. Eighteen-month-olds shared when given multiple opportunities and when the partner provided enough communicative support. Younger children engaged in self-focused and hypothesis-testing behavior in lieu of sharing more often than did older children. Ownership understanding, separately assessed, was positively associated with sharing and negatively associated with non-sharing behavior, independent of age and language ability.
Full Text
Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Brownell, CA; Iesue, SS; Nichols, SR; Svetlova, M
Published Date
- May 2013
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 84 / 3
Start / End Page
- 906 - 920
PubMed ID
- 23145536
Pubmed Central ID
- 23145536
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1467-8624
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0009-3920
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1111/cdev.12009
Language
- eng