Relation between parents’ and adolescents’ moral behavior

• Autor(a) principal: PRUST, Laísa Weber
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: GOMIDE, Paula Inez Cunha
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/6838
• topic: desenvolvimento moral; práticas educativas parentais; comportamento moral; moral development; parental practices; antisocial behavior

Morality, among the variables related to the development of antisocial behavior, was particularly approached in this study. The reviewed literature demonstrates that the presence of guilt, shame, empathy, honesty, generosity and positive opinions about working and absence of antisocial behavior determine moral behavior. This paper evaluated the moral behavior levels difference in two groups: Risk and Non-Risk of families. The Moral Behavior Questionnaire, containing the above-mentioned variables, was drawn up to to assess this relation. This questionnaire was the base for the Moral Behavior Level calculation. Two distinct groups have filled it out (Risk Group and Non-Risk Group). Each group was made up by 30 adolescents and their parents. The non-parametric test of Maan-Whitney showed that the Moral BehaviorLevel meaning for both groups were different. The correlation analysis of Spearman showed that there was positive correlation between the adolescents’ and their parents’ Moral Behavior Levels.