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ArticleFrontiers in psychology2025

Do Chinese preschoolers follow adults' suggestions? The impact of suggestion fairness and advisor familiarity on preschoolers' sharing behavior.

Chang Chen, Zihan Zha, Ru He, Ying Zhou, Wenjie Zhang

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Chang ChenFaculty of Education and Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Zihan ZhaFaculty of Education and Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Ru HeFaculty of Education and Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Ying ZhouFaculty of Education and Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.
Wenjie ZhangFaculty of Education and Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, China.

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Introduction: While preschoolers' sharing behavior is an important indicator of social development, it remains unclear how adult suggestions influence their sharing decisions. Methods: This study investigated how suggestion fairness (fair/unfair) and advisor familiarity (familiar/unfamiliar) affect preschoolers' sharing behavior and its relationship with emotional experiences. Two experiments were conducted with 187 preschoolers aged 3-6 years (Experiment 1: Results: Results revealed that despite having a more mature understanding of fairness, 5-6-year-olds were more susceptible to adult suggestions compared to 3-4-year-olds. Older preschoolers were more likely to follow suggestions from familiar advisors while showing less compliance with unfamiliar advisors' suggestions. Additionally, 5-6-year-olds demonstrated greater consistency between fairness judgments and actual sharing behavior, whereas 3-4-year-olds showed a larger cognition-behavior gap. Notably, children who shared more than they deemed fair ("over-sharing") reported experiencing more positive emotions. Discussion: This study found that both suggestion fairness and advisor familiarity significantly influence preschoolers' sharing decisions, with age-specific patterns in suggestion compliance and emotional experiences.

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advisor familiarityemotional experiencepreschoolerssharing behaviorsuggestion fairness

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PMCPMC12513206

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