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Abstract：
This study explored prosocial lie-telling behavior in 4- to 5-year-old children from two ethnic groups: European Canadian (n = 49; excluding Eastern European Canadian) and Chinese Canadian (n = 45). Children completed an online experiment involving two real-life politeness situations. In the first situation, children were asked whether they thought someone with a red mark on their face looked okay for a photo or a Zoom party (Reverse Rouge Task). In the second situation, upon hearing the researcher\'s misconception about two pieces of artwork, children were asked whether they agreed with the researcher (Art Rating Task). Parents completed questionnaires that measured their levels of collectivist orientation and parenting styles. Contrary to our hypotheses, the likelihood of children telling a prosocial lie did not vary as a function of their ethnic group or the presence of a perceived consequence for the partner, nor was it predicated by parental collectivist orientation. Interestingly, prosocial liars were more likely to have authoritative parents, whereas blunt-truth tellers were more likely to have permissive parents. These findings have important implications for the ways in which certain parenting styles influence the socialization of positive politeness in children. In addition, the similar rates of prosocial lying across the two ethnic groups suggest that children who are born and raised in Canada may be much more alike than different in their prosocial lie-telling behavior, despite coming from different ethnic backgrounds.
摘要：
这项研究探讨了来自两个种族的4至5岁儿童的亲社会撒谎行为：欧洲加拿大人（n=49；不包括东欧加拿大人）和加拿大华裔（n=45）。孩子们完成了一个在线实验，涉及两种现实生活中的礼貌情况。在第一种情况下,孩子们被问及他们是否认为脸上有红色标记的人看起来不错，适合拍照或变焦派对（反向红色运动任务）。在第二种情况下,在听到研究人员对两件艺术品的误解后，孩子们被问及他们是否同意研究者（艺术评级任务）。父母填写了问卷，以衡量他们的集体主义取向和父母教养方式的水平。与我们的假设相反,儿童说出亲社会谎言的可能性并没有随着他们的种族群体或伴侣的感知后果的存在而变化，也不是以父母的集体主义取向为前提。有趣的是,亲社会说谎者更有可能有权威的父母，而直言不讳的讲述者更有可能拥有宽容的父母。这些发现对某些父母教养方式影响儿童积极礼貌社会化的方式具有重要意义。此外,两个种族的亲社会撒谎率相似，这表明在加拿大出生和长大的孩子在亲社会撒谎行为上可能比不同的孩子更相似，尽管来自不同的种族背景。
