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This too shall pass, but when? Children's and adults' beliefs about the time duration of emotions, desires, and preferences.
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Child development [Child Dev] 2024 Jul-Aug; Vol. 95 (4), pp. 1299-1314. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 09. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- This research investigated children's and adults' understanding of the mind by assessing beliefs about the temporal features of mental states. English-speaking North American participants, varying in socioeconomic status (Study 1: N = 50 adults; Study 2: N = 112, 8- to 10-year-olds and adults; and Study 3: N = 116, 5- to 7-year-olds and adults; tested 2017-2022), estimated the duration (seconds to a lifetime) of emotions, desires (wanting), preferences (liking), and control trials (e.g., napping and having eyes). Participants were 56% female and 44% male; 32% Asian, 1% Black, 13% Hispanic/Latino, 38% White (non-Hispanic/Latino), and 16% multiracial or another race/ethnicity. Children and adults judged that preferences last longer than emotions and desires, with age differences in distinguishing specific emotions by duration ( η p 2 s > .03 ). By 5 to 7 years, ideas about the mind include consideration of time.<br /> (© 2024 The Authors. Child Development published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society for Research in Child Development.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1467-8624
- Volume :
- 95
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Child development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38334228
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14072