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The Role of Gratitude and Moral Elevation in Moral Identity Development
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Pohling, Rico; Diessner, Rhett; Strobel, Anja – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2018
Experiencing the moral emotions of gratitude and moral elevation are responses to witnessing virtuous deeds of others. Both emotions have been found to share similar features and behavioral consequences, including the stimulation of personal development. The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions indicates that gratitude and elevation…
Descriptors: Role, Moral Values, Self Concept, Individual Development
Moral Development in Context: Associations of Neighborhood and Maternal Discipline with Preschoolers' Moral Judgments
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Ball, Courtney L.; Smetana, Judith G.; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Suor, Jennifer H.; Skibo, Michael A. – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Associations among moral judgments, neighborhood risk, and maternal discipline were examined in 118 socioeconomically diverse preschoolers (M[subscript age] = 41.84 months, SD = 1.42). Children rated the severity and punishment deserved for 6 prototypical moral transgressions entailing physical and psychological harm and unfairness. They also…
Descriptors: Moral Development, Preschool Children, Discipline, Decision Making
Moral Identity as Moral Ideal Self: Links to Adolescent Outcomes
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Hardy, Sam A.; Walker, Lawrence J.; Olsen, Joseph A.; Woodbury, Ryan D.; Hickman, Jacob R. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
The purposes of this study were to conceptualize moral identity as moral ideal self, to develop a measure of this construct, to test for age and gender differences, to examine links between moral ideal self and adolescent outcomes, and to assess purpose and social responsibility as mediators of the relations between moral ideal self and outcomes.…
Descriptors: Moral Values, Moral Development, Adolescents, Cheating
The Distinction between Moral Judgment Development and Verbal Ability: Some Relevant Data Using Socio-Political Outcome Variables
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Thoma, Stephen J.; Derryberry, Pitt; Narvaez, Darcia – High Ability Studies, 2009
Critics of moral judgment measures question whether the obtained pattern of relationships between moral judgment scores and outcome variables might be better explained by verbal/general ability. To address this concern, we assess the degree to which moral judgment development reduces to verbal ability using the Defining Issues Test (DIT). Our…
Descriptors: Verbal Ability, Moral Development, Decision Making, Moral Values
Stage Structure of Moral Development: A Comparison of Alternative Models.
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Hau, Kit-Tai – 1996
This study evaluated the stage structure of several quasi-simplex and non-simplex models of moral development in two domains of moral development in a British and a Chinese sample. Analyses were based on data reported by Sachs (1992): the Chinese sample consisted of 1,005 students from grade 9 to post-college, and the British sample consisted of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages
Delinquency and Moral Reasoning in Adolescence and Young Adulthood
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Raaijmakers, Quinten A. W.; Engels, Rutger C. M. E.; Van Hoof, Anne – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2005
This article presents a longitudinal-sequential analysis of the developmental and reciprocal relationships between self-reported delinquency and moral reasoning (as measured with the Dutch version of the short form of the Defining Issues Test). Between 1991 and 1997 a large sample of 846 Dutch adolescents and young adults (15-23 years in 1991) was…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Young Adults, Value Judgment, Gender Differences