心理发展与教育 ›› 2026, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 609-618.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2026.05.01

• 认知与社会性发展 •    下一篇

道德故事对学龄前儿童分享行为的影响

鲍薇1, 陈丽玉1, 王福兴2, 晏妮1   

  1. 1. 西南大学心理学部, 重庆 400715;
    2. 华中师范大学心理学院, 武汉 430079
  • 发布日期:2026-09-12
  • 通讯作者: 王福兴, 晏妮 E-mail:fxwang@mail.ccun.edu.cn;niyan@swu.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金面上项目(32171067)。

The Influence of Moral Stories on Preschool Children’s Sharing

BAO Wei1, CHEN Liyu1, WANG Fuxing2, YAN Ni1   

  1. 1. Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715;
    2. School of Psychology, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079
  • Published:2026-09-12

摘要: 研究旨在探讨阅读拟人和人类道德故事对学龄前儿童分享行为的影响。采用实验组控制组设计,通过资源分配范式测量分享行为,结合观察学习过程问卷与拟人倾向量表考察学习机制及个体差异。结果显示:(1)相较于拟人故事阅读组和控制组,人类故事阅读组儿童在阅读道德故事后分享得分显著升高;(2)对故事主角的模仿动机在阅读人类故事与分享行为间起到部分中介作用;(3)相较于低拟人倾向的儿童,高拟人倾向的儿童在阅读拟人道德故事后分享的数量更多。研究表明,人类道德故事通过强化儿童对道德榜样的行为模仿动机,比拟人道德故事更能有效促进亲社会行为;拟人道德故事的教育价值则受个体拟人认知特质的调节。

关键词: 分享行为, 拟人道德故事, 人类道德故事, 拟人倾向, 学龄前儿童

Abstract: Sharing behavior, a key prosocial act involving voluntary resource allocation, critically shapes children’s social development. Drawing on Bandura’s Observational Learning Theory, children learn behaviors by observing models, with moral stories serving as influential examples. While prior work confirms moral stories boost sharing, differences between anthropomorphic and human stories and their mechanisms remain unclear. Moreover, individual differences in anthropomorphic tendency may moderate effects, yet evidence is limited. This study compared the efficacy of human (vs. anthropomorphic) stories in promoting sharing, with attention, memory, comprehension, and imitation motivation as mediators, and anthropomorphic tendency as a moderator. Hypotheses included: (1) Human stories outperform anthropomorphic stories in enhancing sharing; (2) Anthropomorphic stories elicit stronger attention, memory, and comprehension but weaker imitation motivation; (3) Mental processes mediate story effects; and (4) Anthropomorphic tendency moderates anthropomorphic stories’ efficacy. This experimental study examined how anthropomorphic stories influence preschoolers’ sharing behavior. Participants included 145 children (from an initial pool of 153 recruited from two kindergartens), randomly assigned to three groups: anthropomorphic story, human story, or control group. Standardized tools were used: the PPVT-R (vocabulary assessment), an adapted theory-of-mind task, and the IDAQ-CF (anthropomorphism tendency). Stimuli comprised three story types (anthropomorphic moral, human moral, neutral). Post-reading tests measured attention, memory, comprehension, and imitation motivation; sharing behavior was quantified via a sticker allocation task (anonymous distribution). The five-phase procedure included: (1) Pre-tests (theory-of-mind/vocabulary); (2) Pre-sharing (baseline); (3) Story-reading (randomized story); (4) Post-reading questions (cognitive/motivational measures); (5) Post-sharing (behavioral change). Prerecorded materials ensured standardization. Ethical approval and parental consent were obtained; children received stickers as compensation. The results of the study showed that: (1) There were significant differences in the sharing behavior of children in the three different groups over time, and there was no significant difference in the sharing scores of the three groups at the pre-test, while at the post-test, the sharing scores of the children who read the human morality stories were significantly higher than those of the anthropomorphic story reading group and the control group, and there was no significant difference in the anthropomorphic story reading group and the control group; and (2) When the control group was used as a reference, the parallel mediating effects of motivation to imitate were significant between human stories and sharing behaviors, whereas there was no such mediating effect in the anthropomorphic story reading group; (3) In the anthropomorphic story reading group, sharing scores of the group with low anthropomorphic tendency level were significantly lower than those of the group with high anthropomorphic tendency level, so there was a moderating effect of anthropomorphic tendency level in the relationship between anthropomorphic morality stories and sharing behaviors. It was concluded that human morality tales have better educational effects on children’s sharing behavior and promote sharing by increasing comprehension and imitation motivation, while children with high anthropomorphic tendencies showed more significant improvements in sharing behavior after reading anthropomorphic tales compared to children with low anthropomorphic tendencies. In conclusion, this study clarifies the role of morality tales in promoting the development of sharing behavior in preschoolers.

Key words: sharing behavior, anthropomorphic moral stories, human moral stories, anthrop-omorphic tendency, preschool child

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