We examined the development of sharing behavior of children (aged 6 to 12) within the unique, minority population of Christian Arab children in Israel (N = 319). Children had the opportunity to share candy with a needy or non-needy recipient. Parents' level of religiosity was assessed using the Duke University Religion Index questionnaire (DUREL). Results replicate previous research that focused primarily on the majority populations of the societies in question, by demonstrating an overall increase in the incidence of sharing with age. Furthermore-as previously found among the majority of Jewish children in Israel-the recipient's neediness moderated the association between household religiosity and sharing, such that religiosity predicted greater levels of sharing only when the recipient was described as "poor" (a child whose parents have little money), not when the prospective recipient was not specified as such. Finally, the neediness of the recipient increased the incidence of sharing regardless of age, suggesting that in this unique minority population, sensitivity to the recipient's neediness emerges already at the age of 6. We discuss possible mechanisms behind this developmental pattern. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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以色列基督教阿拉伯儿童中的亲社会关系的发展：儿童家庭宗教信仰和接受者需求的作用。

我们研究了以色列独特的少数阿拉伯基督教儿童（N = 319）中儿童（6至12岁）分享行为的发展。孩子们有机会与有需要或没有膝盖的接受者分享糖果。使用杜克大学宗教指数调查表（DUREL）评估父母的宗教信仰水平。结果表明，随着年龄的增长，分享率总体上升，从而重复了以前的研究，该研究主要关注相关社会的大多数人口。此外，正如先前在以色列的大多数犹太儿童中发现的那样，接受者的需求缓解了家庭宗教信仰和分享之间的联系，因此只有当接受者被描述为“贫困”时，宗教信仰才能预测更高的分享水平 （其父母的钱很少的孩子），而不是在未指定预期收受人的情况下。最后，接受者的需求增加了分享的发生率，而不论其年龄大小，这表明在这个独特的少数群体中，对接受者需求的敏感性在6岁时就已经出现。（PsycInfo数据库记录（c）2020 APA，保留所有权利）。