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Developmental relations between sympathy, moral emotion attributions, moral reasoning, and social justice values from childhood to early adolescence.
Journal article

Developmental relations between sympathy, moral emotion attributions, moral reasoning, and social justice values from childhood to early adolescence.

  • Daniel E Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada.
  • Dys SP Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada.
  • Buchmann M Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Malti T Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Canada; Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Electronic address: tina.malti@utoronto.ca.
  • 2014-09-10
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  • Journal of adolescence. - 2014
Longitudinal study
Moral emotion attributions
Moral reasoning
Social justice values
Sympathy
Adolescent
Adolescent Development
Age Factors
Child
Child Development
Empathy
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Morals
Social Justice
Socioeconomic Factors
English This study examined the development of sympathy, moral emotion attributions (MEA), moral reasoning, and social justice values in a representative sample of Swiss children (N = 1273) at 6 years of age (Time 1), 9 years of age (Time 2), and 12 years of age (Time 3). Cross-lagged panel analyses revealed that sympathy predicted subsequent increases in MEA and moral reasoning, but not vice versa. In addition, sympathy and moral reasoning at 6 and 9 years of age were associated with social justice values at 12 years of age. The results point to increased integration of affect and cognition in children's morality from middle childhood to early adolescence, as well as to the role of moral development in the emergence of social justice values.
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  • English
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