McGuire Luke, Farooq Aqsa, Rutland Adam
Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
J Appl Dev Psychol. 2023 Mar-Apr;85:101515. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101515. Epub 2023 Jan 27.
Examining the forms of social and moral reasoning adolescents use is important for understanding youth engagement with public health guidelines. The present work examined adolescents' perceptions of social norms and associated reasoning in the COVID-19 context. Participants ( = 127, age = 17.00, = 0.71) negatively evaluated other teenagers who broke COVID-19 guidelines and reasoned about harm reduction to justify breaking these rules, but also recognised the importance of protecting mental health as one reason to spend time with friends counter to these rules. Further, adolescents reported that they were more likely to engage in public health behaviors compared to their peers or the average teenager, suggesting a social norm of lower engagement with these guidelines. Together, this evidence documents the importance of considering social norms moral reasoning in framing communication efforts that target adolescents' adherence to public health guidelines.
研究青少年所使用的社会和道德推理形式对于理解青少年遵守公共卫生指南的情况很重要。本研究考察了青少年在新冠疫情背景下对社会规范的认知及相关推理。参与者（(n = 127)，年龄(= 17.00)，标准差(= 0.71)）对违反新冠疫情指南的其他青少年持负面评价，并通过减少伤害的理由来为违反这些规定辩护，但也认识到保护心理健康是违背这些规定与朋友相处的一个重要原因。此外，青少年报告称，与同龄人或普通青少年相比，他们更有可能参与公共卫生行为，这表明存在一种对这些指南参与度较低的社会规范。总之，这些证据证明了在制定针对青少年遵守公共卫生指南的沟通策略时，考虑社会规范和道德推理的重要性。
