2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Tolerance to Diversity: The Judgment of Children and Adolescents When Accepting Others to Their In-Groups.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20530575
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Social psychology
Research Institution	Yokohama City University
Principal Investigator	HASEGAWA Mari Yokohama City University, 国際総合科学部, 准教授 (10376973)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	寛容 / 排除 / 仲間関係 / 道徳性
Research Abstract	This article examined the development of tolerance in children and adolescents. The elementary school children, who typically demand others to conform to their in-groups, used moral principles when judge and accept others to their in-groups. The junior high school students are in the process of learning to judge others as they consider differences among others' characteristics. The university students are able to clearly distinguish and judge types of groups as well as characteristics of others. The tolerance to diversity among children and adolescents was associated with their interpersonal orientation towards groups and friends. The results of the study implied that an interaction with heterogeneous groups of people was likely to foster tolerance to diversity.