Chinese children ' s in-group favoritism is affected by age and gender

This study used a story-telling task to examine 112 Chinese children's (M = 8.37 years, range: 5 to 13.25 years) prosocial behavior toward Chinese and White members harmed intentionally by another story character or accidentally. Children rewarded story characters with stickers following each story. Overall, there was an ingroup bias such that children were more prosocial (awarded more stickers) with Chinese individuals hurt intentionally versus accidentally. This tendency was present at all ages. In addition, there was a tendency for girls' in-group favoritism to increase with age, whereas it decreased with age for boys.