MORAL FEELINGS OF AN ADOLESCENT

Moral identity as moral ideal self: links to adolescent outcomes.

The purposes of this study were to conceptualize moral identity as moral ideal self, to develop a measure of this construct, to test for age and gender differences, to examine links between moral ideal self and adolescent outcomes, and to assess purpose and social responsibility as mediators of the relations between moral ideal self and outcomes. Data came from a local school sample (Data Set 1...

Development and validation of a moral intelligence questionnaire for Adolescent children of veterans

The Moral Virtue of Authenticity: How Inauthenticity Produces Feelings of Immorality and Impurity.

The five experiments reported here demonstrate that authenticity is directly linked to morality. We found that experiencing inauthenticity, compared with authenticity, consistently led participants to feel more immoral and impure. This link from inauthenticity to feeling immoral produced an increased desire among participants to cleanse themselves and to engage in moral compensation by behaving...

Describing and testing an intermediate concept measure of adolescent moral thinking

Describing and testing an intermediate concept measure of adolescent moral thinking Stephen Thoma a , W. Pitt Derryberry b & H. Michael Crowson c a Educational Psychology Department, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA b Psychology Department, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA c Educational Psychology Department, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA Version of record...

Moral Identity and Adolescent Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviors: Interactions with Moral Disengagement and Self-regulation.

Moral identity has been positively linked to prosocial behaviors and negatively linked to antisocial behaviors; but, the processes by which it is linked to such outcomes are unclear. The purpose of the present study was to examine moral identity not only as a predictor, but also as a moderator of relationships between other predictors (moral disengagement and self-regulation) and youth outcomes...