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The Role of Intentions, Damage, and Social Consequences in the Moral Judgments of Children.
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Suls, Jerry; And Others – Child Development, 1979
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Moral Development
Parent and Peer Contexts for Children's Moral Reasoning Development.
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Walker, Lawrence J.; Hennig, Karl H.; Krettenauer, Tobias – Child Development, 2000
Examined predictors of children's moral reasoning development over 4-year period. Found that parental and friend interaction during moral conflict discussions influenced development differently. Minimal moral development was predicted by friends' cognitive challenges to the target child's moral reasoning and by parents' interfering interactions.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Context Effect, Longitudinal Studies, Moral Development
Adults' Moral Reasoning with Children.
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Olejnik, Anthony B. – Child Development, 1980
Investigated the interrelationships among young adults' levels of moral reasoning, their preferred discipline style, and the way they say they would reason with children on moral issues. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Codes of Ethics, College Students, Developmental Stages
Child Compliance/Noncompliance and Maternal Contributors To Internalization in Maltreating and Nonmaltreating Dyads.
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Koenig, Amy L.; Cicchetti, Dante; Rogosch, Fred A. – Child Development, 2000
Examined moral development in maltreated and non-maltreated 3- and 4-year-olds through observation of child compliance/noncompliance during a cleanup situation following play. Found that abused children exhibited less internalization than non-maltreated. Neglected children showed more negative affect than others. Found no group differences in…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Behavior, Child Neglect, Comparative Analysis
Emotion Displays in Two-Year-Olds during Mishaps.
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Cole, Pamela M.; And Others – Child Development, 1992
Examined the emotional reactions of toddlers to two mishaps. Children's reactions varied along two dimensions: tension and frustration and concerned reparation. Mishaps elicited more negative emotions than did free play, and most toddlers attempted to correct the mishap. Findings indicate that children's styles of emotional response to mishaps may…
Descriptors: Accidents, Affective Behavior, Emotional Development, Emotional Response
New Directions in Analyses of Parenting Contributions to Children's Acquisition of Values.
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Grusec, Joan E.; Goodnow, Jacqueline J.; Kuczynski, Leon – Child Development, 2000
Outlines new directions for research on parents' contributions to children's values. Advocates research that demonstrates that parental understanding of a particular child's characteristics and situation is the mark of effective parenting, traces differential impact of varieties of parent responsiveness, assesses conditions surrounding the fact…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Children, Knowledge Level, Moral Development
Children's Narratives about Hypothetical Moral Dilemmas and Objective Measures of Their Conscience: Mutual Relations and Socialization Antecedents.
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Kochanska, Grazyna; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Explored children's conscience using narrative measures of responses to hypothetical moral dilemmas and objective measures. Found that children who experienced more power-assertive maternal discipline produced fewer themes of commitment to and concern about good behavior and were more poorly internalized on observed and mother-reported measures.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Behavior, Child Development, Longitudinal Studies
Family Interactions and the Development of Moral Reasoning.
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Walker, Lawrence J.; Taylor, John H. – Child Development, 1991
Examined parents' role in the development of their children's moral reasoning. Differences in interaction style in discussions of hypothetical and of real-life dilemmas were found. Children's moral development was best predicted by a parental discussion style involving supportive interactions and the presentation of higher level moral reasoning.…
Descriptors: Discussion, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries