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Study finds religion actually tends to make kids less generous

“Our findings contradict the common-sense and popular assumption that children from religious households are more altruistic and kind toward others,”

"In addition to the testing, the parents of the children filled out questionnaires detailing their religious practices and beliefs, with the families being categorised into three groups: Christian, Muslim, or non-religious. Other religious groups were also present, but not in statistically significant proportions for the purposes of the study.
What the researchers found is that the religious children were significantly less likely to share their stickers than the kids from non-religious backgrounds. This non-altruistic behaviour was also more pronounced in children who had been exposed to religion for a longer time, although all the kids in the study in general showed more inclination to share as they grew older.
The religious kids were also more likely to favour stronger punishments for the anti-social behaviour and interpersonal harm they witnessed in the animations – and were harsher in their judgment than non-religious children when it came to assessing the meanness of characters onscreen bumping into one another. "

www.sciencealert.com/study-fin…

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Study finds religion actually tends to make kids less generous

“Our findings contradict the common-sense and popular assumption that children from religious households are more altruistic and kind toward others,”

"In addition to the testing, the parents of the children filled out questionnaires detailing their religious practices and beliefs, with the families being categorised into three groups: Christian, Muslim, or non-religious. Other religious groups were also present, but not in statistically significant proportions for the purposes of the study.
What the researchers found is that the religious children were significantly less likely to share their stickers than the kids from non-religious backgrounds. This non-altruistic behaviour was also more pronounced in children who had been exposed to religion for a longer time, although all the kids in the study in general showed more inclination to share as they grew older.
The religious kids were also more likely to favour stronger punishments for the anti-social behaviour and interpersonal harm they witnessed in the animations – and were harsher in their judgment than non-religious children when it came to assessing the meanness of characters onscreen bumping into one another. "

www.sciencealert.com/study-fin…