The British journal of developmental psychology
Why do children and adults believe others apologize?
Ju-Eun Oh, Kyong-Sun Jin
Published: 202510.1111/bjdp.70032
Abstract
Apologies are a fundamental social mechanism for repairing harm and maintaining relationships, yet little is known about how individuals infer the motives behind them. This study examined how 5- to 6-year-old children (N = 64, 48.4% female; all parti…
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