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An analysis of deceiving behavior of Korean elementary school children and their parents

  • THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
  • 2004, 17(3), pp.95-116
  • Publisher : The Korean Society For Developmental Psychology
  • Research Area : Social Science > Psychological Science

Namhee Woo 1 Lee, Eun-Jung 1

1동덕여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study investigated the children's deceiving behaviors in relation to those of their parents. The subjects were one hundred and twenty children and their parents. Twenty children for each grade were chosen from one elementary school in Seoul. Pictures of seven episodes of deceiving behavior and a check list were provided to facilitate the interview with each child and a questionnaire was provided for the parents. Children were asked whether they had deceiving experience similar to the episode, how did they evaluate of the experience, and what did they think of their parental attitudes towards their deceiving behaviors. One hundred twenty interviews of the children and one hundred ten parental questionnaire were analyzed. The results were as follows: The children had more experience and were more permissive to the deceiving behaviors as their grades increased. All the children had more experience with prosocial deceiving behaviors than antisocial behaviors. The children's own evaluation of their deceiving behavior and their parental attitudes which they recognized had relation with children's deceiving experience. Whereas, no relation was found with their parents' deceiving experience or parental attitudes of their children's deceiving behaviors.

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