Social Mindfulness (SoMi) is a prosocial action in which individuals consciously attend to, respect, and protect the needs and power of others’ choices, contributing to good interpersonal relationships. In this study, 75 children aged 5-6 years were randomly selected, and the social mindfulness paradigm was used to explore the relationship between preschoolers’ socially mindful experiences and behaviors. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the level of socially mindful behaviors among children of different genders. The socially mindful behaviors of preschoolers with positive experiences were significantly higher than those with negative experiences; the socially mindful behaviors of preschoolers with neutral experiences were not significantly different from those with positive and negative experiences. There was no significant difference in the psychological cost to preschoolers between acting and not acting in social mindfulness. This suggests that socially mindful experiences affect socially mindful behaviors, but not exclusively.

Xinyu Yin, Hang Yu, Xin Zheng. The Relationship between Socially Mindful Experiences and Behaviors in Preschoolers. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2023) Vol. 6, Issue 13: 15-21. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2023.061303.

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