Abstract

ROMO MARTINEZ, José Matías. Desarrollo del juicio moral en bachilleres de Aguascalientes. RMIE [online]. 2005, vol.10, n.24, pp.43-66. ISSN 1405-6666.

This article presents part of the results of a study completed in eight high schools in the municipality of Aguascalientes. The study was focused on the development of moral judgment and the solving of identity crises. The document shows aspects regarding only the first topic, as well as the relationship between the development of moral judgement and various student characteristics. This part of the research is based on Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral development; the instrument used was the Defining Issues Test (DIT) by James Rest. The main results showed that the predominant level of moral reasoning was conventional; scores for post-conventional morality were lower than other studies; and the only variable related to moral judgment was gender, in favor of the females.

Keywords : high school; education and development; psychosocial factors; ethics; developmental psychology; Mexico.

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