Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, University of Zurich, Culmannstrasse 1, 8006, Zurich, Switzerland.
J Youth Adolesc. 2010 Feb;39(2):138-49. doi: 10.1007/s10964-009-9400-5. Epub 2009 Mar 3.
Socialization and individual differences were examined as antecedents of moral motivation in representative samples of 15-year-old adolescents (N = 1,258; 54% female) and 21-year-old young adults (N = 584; 53% female). The adolescents' primary caregivers (N = 1,056) also participated. The strength of moral motivation was rated by participants' responses to two hypothetical moral dilemmas in terms of action decisions, emotion attributions, and justifications. Socialization was measured by the perceived quality of friendship, parent-child relationships, and educational background. The importance attached to social justice and various personality traits were also assessed. Adolescents' moral motivation was positively associated with the quality of their parent-child relationship and the importance of social justice. Young adults' moral motivation was predicted by the perceived quality of friendships, the importance of social justice, and agreeableness. For both groups, moral motivation was greater in females. The theoretical implications of the findings for the development of moral motivation are discussed.
本研究以代表性的 15 岁青少年（N=1258；54%为女性）和 21 岁青年（N=584；53%为女性）为被试，考察了社会化和个体差异对道德动机的影响。青少年的主要照顾者（N=1056）也参与了研究。参与者根据两个假设的道德困境的行动决策、情感归因和理由来对道德动机的强度进行评分。社会化通过感知到的友谊质量、亲子关系和教育背景来衡量。还评估了对社会正义和各种人格特质的重视程度。青少年的道德动机与亲子关系质量和社会正义的重要性呈正相关。青年的道德动机则由友谊的感知质量、社会正义的重要性和宜人性来预测。对于两个群体来说，女性的道德动机都更强。讨论了这些发现对道德动机发展的理论意义。
