Some Correlates of Maturity of Moral Reasoning in Finland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11101409 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Klaus Helkama (0000-0002-6897-9839, corresponding author), Merja Ikonen |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1-4 |
| Pages | 110-131 |
| Publication date | 1986-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Behavior Science Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0094-3673 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106939718602000105 |
| OpenAlex | W2085406845 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 21 |
The relationship of Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning to various forms of social participation, family size, and responsibility-related responses to moral judgmental and projective story completion tasks was studied in two samples of Finnish preadolescents, adolescents, and young adults. Peer-rated leadership, number of leadership roles, and number of siblings were found to be associated with advances in moral stages for all age groups. Persons at each higher stage of moral structure more often attributed responsibility for the consequences of inaction in their moral judgments and in projective guilt responses and saw their consciences as being more active. Projective guilt over inaction was more clearly related to moral stage in females than in males. Females also showed greater guilt over cheating than males at all stage levels. The intensity of guilt over cheating increased up to Stage 3, but not beyond it, for both sexes. The results are interpreted as supporting both Kohlberg's theory and the existence of an orientation to responsibility in women, as suggested by Gilligan (1982)
Cheating · Conscience · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development · Maturity (psychological) · Moral development · Moral reasoning · Moral responsibility · Projective identification · Projective test · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Ethics in Business and Education · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology
Development in judging moral issues
Carmichael's Manual of Child Psychology, Vol. 2
Moral development and behavior
Attribution of Responsibility
Group psychology and the analysis of the ego.
From Is to Ought
Sex Differences in the Development of Moral Reasoning
The Large Family System
Sex differences in moral internalization and values
Social participation as a factor in the moral development of preadolescents
Moral development in Bahamian school children
In a different voice
Structure and choice in moral reasoning
The Large Family System
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 1986 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |