Effect of Life Values on Perception of Responsible and Irresponsible Action in Adolescents
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| Year of publication | 2004 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Second European Conference on Positive Psychology. Scientific programme and book of abstracts |
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| Field | Psychology |
| Keywords | life values; responsibility; morality; adolescence |
| Description | In moral psychology the concept of responsibility is important especially in the theory of Gilligan, who starts important controversy in the question of dependence of moral development on context. But only very few theories are interested in a real moral action, perception of own responsible or irresponsible action and relationship between perceived responsibility in action and life values. A research sample consisted of 213 adolescents (108 girls, 105 boys) aged 14-19 years from four different secondary schools in Bohemia and Moravia. Participants were asked to describe their own good and bad behaviour in a questionnaire: Name at least three situations in which you did something a) good, b) bad. We also used a pair comparison of ten life values for assessment of value structure (Macek, according Osecka, 1991). We found out that there are different kinds of responsibility perceived in own moral action. Participants either referred to the object of responsibility or they mentioned an internal rule according to which they interpret their action. Structure of life values of girls and boys is almost similar; there are differences between girls and boys in the effect of life values on perceived good and bad action. |
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