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Author(s): Beißert, Hanna; Mulvey, Kelly Lynn; Killen, Melanie
Title: Children's act evaluation and emotion attribution reasoning regarding different moral transgressions
In: Merrill Palmer Quarterly, 64 (2018) 2, S. 195-219
URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-dipfdocs-168055
URL: http://www.dipfdocs.de/volltexte/2019/16805/pdf/Beissert_2018_Childrens_Act_Evaluation_A.pdf
Publication Type: 3a. Beiträge in begutachteten Zeitschriften; Aufsatz (keine besondere Kategorie)
Language: Englisch
Keywords: Kind; Moral; Urteilsbildung; Emotion; Situation; Fehlverhalten; Gerechtigkeit; Erzählung; Grundschüler; Argumentation; Interview; Varianzanalyse; Empirische Untersuchung; Deutschland
Abstract (english): This study investigated patterns of reasoning regarding different types of moral transgressions and different measures of moral development in children 6-8 years of age (N = 130). The findings documented different patterns of reasoning for each measure and for transgressions including different moral principles. Children distinguished between their understanding of their emotional response to a transgression and the moral violation that has occurred, using much more moral reasoning when justifying act evaluations and much more self-interest reasoning when justifying emotion attributions. Children also differentiated between different types of moral violations-that is, transgressions including different moral principles. Stories about others' welfare elicited reasoning related to others' welfare, stories about fairness elicited reasoning related to equality/rights/fairness, and a multifaceted story elicited both types of moral reasoning. (DIPF/Orig.)
DIPF-Departments: Bildung und Entwicklung