Racial Bias and Empathy: Older Chinese Children Show an Empathic Bias for In-Group Members Hurt Intentionally Du, K. (University of Otago), Hunter, J. (University of Otago), Scarf, D. (University of Otago), Ruffman, T. (University of Otago) This study used a story-telling task to examine 112 Chinese children’s (M = 8.37 years, range: 5 to 13.25 […]

Age Group Differences in Children’s Right-Wing Authoritarianism in New Zealand and China Ruffman, T. (University of Otago), Du, K. (University of Otago), Hill, S. (University of Otago) We compared two cultures (New Zealand, China) using a new measure of right-wing authoritarianism for children. The child scales were based on the adult scales with items worded […]

Pasifika Mental Health in New Zealand Kapeli, S. (University of Auckland), Manuela, S. (University of Auckland), Sibley, C. (University of Auckland) It has been widely documented that people experiencing psychological distress have an increased likelihood of experiencing anxiety or a depressive disorder. Furthermore, recent findings from the New Zealand Mental Health Foundation (2016) tell us […]

Is Disgust Uniquely Human? Case, T. I. (Macquarie University), Stevenson, R. J. (Macquarie University), Byrne, R. W. (University of St. Andrews, UK), Hobaiter, C. (University of St. Andrews, UK) Disgust has long been described as a powerful and uniquely human social emotion that expands from its roots in distaste to encompass, through culture, a wide […]