TY - JOUR
T1 - Characteristics of moral dilemmas written by adolescents
AU - Yussen, Steven R.
PY - 1977/3/1
Y1 - 1977/3/1
N2 - Completed a descriptive study to examine the nature of moral dilemmas written by adolescents. 149 7th, 9th, and 12th graders wrote stories involving a moral conflict. As in L. Kohlberg's (1969) stories, Ss depicted a central protagonist involved in one salient conflict. Unlike Kohlberg's stories, however, the Ss did not always identify a significant subsidiary character. They wrote about both male and female protagonists, constructed dilemmas involving the social relationship of friend between protagonist and subsidiary character, and dealt with issues other than civil rights and life and death. Several age trends and sex differences were also observed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
AB - Completed a descriptive study to examine the nature of moral dilemmas written by adolescents. 149 7th, 9th, and 12th graders wrote stories involving a moral conflict. As in L. Kohlberg's (1969) stories, Ss depicted a central protagonist involved in one salient conflict. Unlike Kohlberg's stories, however, the Ss did not always identify a significant subsidiary character. They wrote about both male and female protagonists, constructed dilemmas involving the social relationship of friend between protagonist and subsidiary character, and dealt with issues other than civil rights and life and death. Several age trends and sex differences were also observed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved).
KW - age & sex, characteristics of written moral dilemmas, 7th vs 9th vs 12th graders
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U2 - 10.1037/0012-1649.13.2.162
DO - 10.1037/0012-1649.13.2.162
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:36949001850
SN - 0012-1649
VL - 13
SP - 162
EP - 163
JO - Developmental psychology
JF - Developmental psychology
IS - 2
ER -
