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The role of valuing cultural diversity in children's endorsements of rights
Support for childrenâs rights is greater among children raised in democratic environments.
The present two studies examined childrenâs endorsements and predictors of
childrenâs rights. Five democratic competences taken from the Council of Europeâs
Reference Framework of Competences for Democratic Culture served as predictors.
We tested the models in a sample of children raised in five European countries and a
sample raised in an African country, seeking to extend our model beyond the Global
North. In Study 1, we found four of these five competences, namely, higher valuing of
cultural diversity, civic-mindedness, cultural openness and empathy significantly predicted
higher endorsements of rights in children from Bulgaria, Italy,Norway, Romania
and Spain (7â11-year-olds; N = 292). In Study 2, we found higher valuing of cultural
diversity significantly predicted higher endorsements of rights inNigerian children (7â
14-year-olds; N = 84). Supporting Social Cognitive Domain Theory, children in both
studies endorsed nurturance rights more than self-determination rights. Inclusion of
children from the Global North and South enabled us to determine whether patterns
of rights endorsementswere similar for children from both samples. Overall, this
research presents novel findings on the salience of valuing cultural diversity in support
for childrenâs rights