| Abstract: | Reports an error in the original article by H. S. Ross (Developmental Psychology, 1996[Jan], Vol 32[1], 90–201). Figure 1 on page 97 did not distinguish the contrasts of categories representing distinctive results. The correct figure is provided. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1996-01705-009.) Sibling property disputes were observed in 40 families, each with a 2- and a 4-year-old child, to study the application of principles of entitlement. Conflict outcomes, parent support, and justifying arguments were each analyzed in disputes involving ownership, possession, sharing, and property damage. Ownership and possession each influenced the conduct and outcomes of disputes, with ownership taking precedence over possession in children's arguments and in dispute outcomes. Parents did not clearly support either principle on its own and were as likely to argue in terms of possession as ownership rights. Parents supported children's sharing and prohibited property damage, but conflict outcomes upheld these principles only when parents intervened. Analyses revealed the strong influence of young children who argued, with increasing differentiation and sophistication, for principles of entitlement that were not strongly endorsed by their parents. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
