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ERIC Number: EJ574084
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Reasoning about Responsibilities and Obligations in Close Relationships: A Comparison across Two Cultures.
Keller, Monika; Edelstein, Wolfgang; Schmid, Christine; Fang, Fu-xi; Fang, Ge
Developmental Psychology, v34 n4 p731-41 Jul 1998
Longitudinally assessed Icelandic children at ages 7, 9, 12, and 15, and cross-sectionally assessed Chinese children at corresponding ages, concerning reasoning about choices, motives, and moral justifications of a protagonist in a sociomoral dilemma. Icelanders referred more often to self-interest and contractual concerns; Chinese focused on altruistic and relationship concerns. Some cultural differences remained stable over time; others decreased. (Author/EV)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Moral Development, Moral Values, Social Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Adolescent Attitudes; China; Iceland
Note: Special Issue on: "Social and Emotional Development: A Cross-Cultural Perspective."