ABSTRACT

Adolescence is a time in which peers gain in importance and more time is spent engaging in social interactions with them. Within these interactions, adolescents will also be confronted with moral dilemmas, in which moral decisions need to be taken. The aim of the current study was to examine two factors that may influence moral decisions, namely moral identity and social goal orientations. The sample consisted of 455 adolescents (251 girls), with ages ranging from 10 to 18 (M_Age = 14.11, SD_Age = 1.79), who completed questionnaires. In line with the hypotheses, there was a significant positive association between moral identity and moral decisions, and communal goals and moral decisions; there was also a significant negative association between agentic goals and moral decisions. We propose that both moral identity and social goal orientations be added to the social information processing-moral decision-making framework, and further theorize about the relation between constructs in the database. We discuss the findings from a development perspective and provide first ideas for practical implications.

摘要

青春期是同龄人变得越来越重要的时期，人们会花更多时间与他们进行社交互动。在这些互动中，青少年也会面临道德困境，需要做出道德决定。当前研究的目的是检查可能影响道德决策的两个因素，即道德认同和社会目标取向。样本由 455 名青少年（251 名女孩）组成，年龄在 10 到 18 岁之间（M_年龄 = 14.11，SD_年龄 = 1.79)，他们完成了问卷调查。根据假设，道德认同与道德决策、共同目标与道德决策之间存在显着的正相关；代理目标与道德决策之间也存在显着的负相关。我们建议将道德认同和社会目标取向都添加到社会信息处理-道德决策框架中，并进一步理论化数据库中结构之间的关系。我们从发展的角度讨论了这些发现，并提供了具有实际意义的初步想法。