A longitudinal assessment of the stability of the three-dimensional moral self-concept during early childhood

I help, therefore, I am?—longitudinal interrelations of the three‐dimensional moral self‐concept and prosocial behaviours in 4–6‐year‐old children

“…For example, Krettenauer (2013a) proposed a differentiation into preference for prosocial behaviour and avoidance of antisocial behaviour. Further work has differentiated the prosocial domain into different subdomains analogous to prosocial behaviour: Helping, sharing and comforting (Gniewosz et al, 2022;Sticker et al, 2021). Results of the study by Sticker et al (2021) confirmed the three-dimensional structure of the moral self-concept consisting of helping, sharing and comforting through confirmatory factor analysis for 4-6-year-old children in a cross-sectional design.…”

“…Furthermore, other studies have assessed the stability of children's academic and non-academic self-concepts, with results showing high stability in 5-7 and 7-12-year-olds (Guay et al, 2003;Marsh et al, 1998). A longitudinal study by Gniewosz et al (2022) examined the stability of the three-dimensional structured moral self-concept (helping, sharing, comforting). Factor analysis confirmed a stable three-dimensional model of moral self-concept between 4 and 6 years of age across three measurement points, 18 months (T1-T2) and 3 months (T2-T3) apart, for the helping and comforting dimensions of moral self-concept in terms of invariance, reliability and correlational structure.…”

“…This suggests a sample size between n = 90 and n = 180. Finally, the sample size is justified by previous studies that had approximately the same sample size for comparable statistical analyses (Gniewosz et al, 2022;Sticker et al, 2021Sticker et al, , 2023. To recruit mother-child pairs, contact details of families with children of the appropriate age were requested from the district administration before the start of the study.…”

“…For example, Krettenauer (2013a) proposed a differentiation into preference for prosocial behaviour and avoidance of antisocial behaviour. Further work has differentiated the prosocial domain into different subdomains analogous to prosocial behaviour: Helping, sharing and comforting (Gniewosz et al., 2022; Sticker et al., 2021). Results of the study by Sticker et al.…”

I help, therefore, I am? – A registered report on longitudinal inter‐relations of the three‐dimensional moral self‐concept and prosocial behaviours in preschool children

“…This suggests a sample size between n = 90 and n = 180. Finally, the sample size was justified by previous studies that had approximately the same sample size for comparable statistical analyses (Gniewosz et al, 2022;Sticker et al, 2021Sticker et al, , 2023. To recruit mother-child pairs, contact details of families with children of the appropriate age were requested from the district administration before the start of the study.…”