Desarrollo del razonamiento moral, razonamiento moral prosocial y empatía en la adolescencia y juventud

Abstract

evelopment of moral reasoning, prosocial moral reasoning and empathy in adolescence and youth The objectives of present research are a) to analyze the influence of sex, age and formal education variables on adolescents' and youngs' development of moral reasoning, prosocial moral reasoning and empathy, and b) to relate theoretically and to examine the empirical interrelations among development of moral reasoning, prosocial moral reasoning and empathy. A sample of 556 subjects is utilized. As instruments of evaluation are used the DIT, PROM and IRI. The results indicate that sex no has any significant effect on adolescents' and youngs' development of moral reasoning and, however, it affects significantly on prosocial moral reasoning and empathy. Moreover, the age and formal education exert a significant influence on development of moral reasoning, prosocial moral reasoning and empathy. Finally, the development of moral reasoning, prosocial moral reasoning and empathy are empirically positively interrelated. And given that in each one of these three constructs are implicated cognitive and affective processes, can be concluded, in his turn, a positive relation between the cognitive and affective processes on moral reasoning of person.