Research has indicated that the majority of infants and toddlers prefer prosocial to antisocial agents, but little research has examined interindividual differences in children's preference. This study examined whether 24‐month‐olds' (n = 107) sociomoral preference was associated with attachment security or empathy, assessed with the Attachment Q‐Sort and the Empathy Questionnaire. Toddlers were presented with a puppet play, in which a protagonist tried to open a box and was helped by a prosocial agent and hindered by an antisocial agent. Then, toddlers were asked to pick up either the prosocial or the antisocial agent (manual choice), as a measure of their sociomoral preference. Of the 107 toddlers included in this study, 60.7% chose the prosocial over the antisocial agent. Neither empathy nor parent‐child attachment was associated with children's preference. Our findings indicate a slight overall preference for the prosocial agent, but with notable interindividual differences not explained by empathy or attachment.

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幼儿偏爱亲社会行为者或反社会行为者：与移情或依恋关系没有关联

研究表明，大多数婴儿和幼儿更喜欢亲社会而不是反社会因素，但很少有研究检查儿童偏好方面的个体差异。这项研究调查了是否有24个月大的孩子（n = 107）社会道德偏好与依恋安全感或同情相关联，通过依恋Q-排序和同情问卷进行评估。向幼儿展示了木偶戏，其中主角试图打开盒子，并受到亲社会行为者的帮助，并受到反社会行为者的阻碍。然后，要求幼儿选择亲社会或反社会因素（手动选择），以衡量他们的社会道德偏好。在这项研究中包括的107名幼儿中，有60.7％的人选择亲社会而不是反社会因素。移情和亲子依恋都与孩子的喜好无关。我们的发现表明，总体上偏爱亲社会行为者，但个体间的显着差异并不能由同情或依恋来解释。