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October 9, 2025

Weighing Relationship Type and Competence: Developmental Shift in Help-Seeking Expectations Among Children Aged 4 to 6 Years

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CJChenglong JiaWLW. LiSCSiqi Chen

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Overview

Study reveals how children change expectations based on relationship type and competence cues.

Key Points

  • Children aged 4-6 years show a shift from relationship type to competence in help-seeking expectations.
  • 4-year-olds relied solely on mothers for help, while older children factored competence into their choices.
  • Study 1 highlighted children's preferences in a prediction task based on social cues from different adults.
  • Findings support the developmental relationship primacy hypothesis, emphasizing context-sensitive help-seeking.

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Jia et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e77f09d1c187e1c108fbb0https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5b68r_v1
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