title: Development of equity preferences in boys and girls across adolescence.
abstract: The aim of the current study was to examine the development of equity preferences across adolescence, for boys and girls separately. Participants from 8 to 18 years old (M = 14.09 years; N = 1,216) played four economic allocation games. Analyses revealed a decrease in equity preferences with age and this decrease was stronger for boys than for girls. There was also an age-related increase in the preference for efficient outcomes (i.e., maximization of total available resources), which was again stronger for boys than for girls. Overall, although equity remains as a strong social norm, adolescents are decreasingly strict in adhering to the equity norm and show increasing flexibility in equity preferences.
authors.affiliation: Leiden University; Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition.
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meuwese
authors.forename: Eveline A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Crone
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Rooij
authors.forename: Berna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Güroğlu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002755:Choice Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors