ERIC Number: EJ1120411
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
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Development of Moral Emotions and Decision-Making from Childhood to Young Adulthood
Hasegawa, Mari
Journal of Moral Education, v45 n4 p387-399 2016
This study investigated the development of moral decision-making and moral emotion attributions in antisocial behavior and peer relationship dilemma scenarios. Participants were 540 school- and college-aged students, who were asked to explain their moral decision-making, subsequent emotions, and reasoning in regard to the scenarios. We combined moral decision-making (morally appropriate or morally inappropriate) and emotion (positive or negative) to create the four reaction patterns of happy victimizer (HV), unhappy victimizer (UHV), happy moralist (HM), and unhappy moralist (UHM). Across all four scenarios and age groups, there were very few HM reactions, and HV responses were more common among adolescents and adults than among children in jaywalking and peer exclusion scenarios. In contrast, there were no age differences in reaction patterns in shoplifting and broken-promise scenarios; however, more moral considerations in reasoning were revealed among older age groups. The role of peer relationship in emotion attribution is discussed.
Descriptors: Moral Values, Decision Making, Emotional Response, Antisocial Behavior, Peer Relationship, Vignettes, Age Differences, Adolescents, Adults, Children, Crime, Ethics, Hypothesis Testing, Peer Influence, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, College Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan (Tokyo)
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