Donating task

The Donating Task aims to measure costly prosocial behavior by giving a child the option to donate money to charities or to keep it for themselves. Children are shown a short video from a charity organization on a computer, such as Unicef, SOS Kinderdorpen, or Liliane Fonds. The video features the life of a poor, malnourished child in a developing country, followed by some information on what the charity does to help children in that situation. After the video, children are asked whether they want to donate. The researcher is not present for this and counts the amount of donated money after the session.

The Donating task was only assessed in a subgroup. Children received 20 euros before watching a video from UNICEF.

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  • Generation R

  • 7 years
    •   C
    5.6 - 9.9 years   From 2010-01-01 to 2011-12-31
    Mode of collection MeasurementsAndTests    Behavioral/cognitive task
    Analysis unit Individual
    Instrument name Donating task
    Measure name Prosocial behavior
    References
    van IJzendoorn, M. H., Bakermans‐Kranenburg, M. J., Pannebakker, F., & Out, D. (2010). In defence of situational morality: genetic, dispositional and situational determinants of children’s donating to charity. Journal of Moral Education, 39(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240903528535
    Wildeboer, A., Thijssen, S., Muetzel, R. L., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., Tiemeier, H., White, T., & van IJzendoorn, M. H. (2017). Neuroanatomical correlates of donating behavior in middle childhood. Social Neuroscience, 13(5), 541–552. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470919.2017.1361864
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