This study examined the course and correlates of the happy victimizer tendency-the expectation that harming others to achieve a goal will result in positive emotional outcomes for the transgressor-from 4 to 6 years of age in a community sample of Canadian children (N = 150; 50% female; Time 1 Mage = 4.53 years, SD = .30; 33% European background). At each time point, we conducted semistructured interviews with children to assess their emotion expectancies and reasoning in response to hypothetical acts of aggression. Caregivers (84% mothers; 91% college diploma or higher; 41% yearly household income ≥$125,000 CAD [approximately $90,500 USD]) provided ratings of children's inhibitory control and sympathy at study onset. Most 4-year-old children expected to feel good after victimizing others, but this tendency declined through age 6. Children higher in sympathy were less likely to happy victimize at age 4, whereas greater inhibitory control predicted faster decreases in happy victimizing over time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

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对童年快乐加害者倾向的纵向调查：控制还是关心？

本研究在加拿大儿童社区样本（N = 150 ；50% 女性；时间 1 法师 = 4.53 岁，SD = .30；33% 欧洲背景）。在每个时间点，我们对儿童进行半结构化访谈，以评估他们对假设的攻击行为的情绪预期和推理。照顾者（84% 的母亲；91% 的大学文凭或更高；41% 的家庭年收入≥125,000 加元 [约 90,500 美元]）在研究开始时提供儿童抑制控制和同情的评级。大多数 4 岁的孩子都希望在伤害他人后感觉良好，但这种倾向会在 6 岁时下降。同情心较高的儿童在 4 岁时不太可能快乐地受害，而更大的抑制控制预示着随着时间的推移，快乐受害的速度会更快下降。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2021 APA，保留所有权利）。