The development of the conception of socioeconomic mobility in children from Mexico and Spain

被引：16

作者：

Enesco, I

Navarro, A

机构：

[1] Univ Complutense Madrid, Fac Psicol, Dept Psicol Evolut & Educ, Madrid 28223, Spain

[2] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Fac Formac Profesorado & Educ, Dept Psicol Evolut & Educ, Madrid, Spain

来源：

JOURNAL OF GENETIC PSYCHOLOGY | 2003年 / 164卷 / 03期

关键词：

children; cross-cultural research; development; economic concepts; social knowledge;

D O I：

10.1080/00221320309597985

中图分类号：

B844 [发展心理学（人类心理学）];

学科分类号：

040202 ;

摘要：

The authors studied the developmental stages of children's understanding of upward socioeconomic mobility. They interviewed one hundred 6- to 14-year-old participants from Mexico and Spain and asked them about sources of wealth and factors related to socioeconomic mobility. Categorical analyses of the responses showed few age-related changes but noted some cross-national differences. A different analysis designed to identify levels of understanding showed a significant association between age and type of explanation of socioeconomic mobility. Overall, cross-national comparisons yielded similarities in children's developmental trends, and only slight differences were found with regard to cultural background. The present results contrast with those of studies conducted from the perspective of the social representation theory.

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页码：293 / 317

页数：25