%0 Journal Article
%T Adults' responses to children's crying after a moral transgression
%J Spanish journal of psychology
%D 2019
%A Arriaga, Patricia
%A Murteira, Carla
%A Oliveira, Raquel
%V 22
%N 
%P E15-E15
%X This study investigated how adults respond to a moral transgression committed by a child offender, by examining the role of the child's sex, emotions, and crying behavior when caught committing a moral transgression on adults' forgiveness, trust, and disciplinary behaviors. An experimental survey manipulated the children's sex, crying, and their emotional expressions (fear, sadness, shame, and crying). Participants (N = 847) reported how they would feel, their willingness to forgive (immediately and a week after the event) and to trust the child, estimated recidivism, and the use of disciplinary behaviors. <br><br>RESULTS showed that participants in the crying conditions reported significantly higher levels of intention to trust and forgive the child a week after the event, and a lower estimation of the child committing a similar act in the future than participants in the non-crying conditions (ps <.05). Compared to men, women anticipated higher intentions to forgive (ps <.05), and more inductive behaviors, less overreactivity and warmth removal towards the child (ps <.001). Overall, the results suggest the functional value of crying in children-adults relations and the importance of the gender of both child and adults in a context of a moral transgression committed by a child.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Cambridge University Press
%@ 1138-7416
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/sjp.2019.21