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Depression and moral identity in adolescence.

H G Reinhard1

  • 1Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf.

Acta Paedopsychiatrica
|January 1, 1990
PubMed
Summary

Adolescent depression is linked to a lower sociomoral development level. Depressive symptoms in teens correlate with distorted moral reasoning and reduced guilt, impacting their moral identity formation.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Developmental Psychology
  • Adolescent Psychology

Background:

  • Adolescent depression is a significant concern with potential impacts on psychosocial development.
  • Moral identity development is crucial during adolescence and may be influenced by mental health status.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the relationship between depression in adolescence and the development of moral identity.
  • To investigate how depressive symptoms affect moral reasoning and sociomoral development.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical and empirical examination of adolescent depression.
  • Analysis of moral identity development using Kohlberg's moral dilemmas.
  • Assessment of guilt, moral reasoning, and sociomoral levels in adolescents.

Main Results:

  • A distinct depressive syndrome correlates with the development of guilt feelings only at the conventional moral level.
  • Moral dilemmas are distorted by defense mechanisms in adolescents with depression, showing a close connection to lower sociomoral levels.
  • Depressive individuals exhibit greater ambiguity intolerance, resulting in a slighter difference between highest and average judgment levels, thus less stimulated sociomoral development.

Conclusions:

  • Adolescent depression is closely associated with impaired sociomoral development and a lower moral identity.
  • The findings align with previous research on depressive toning down in adolescence, characterized by a restricted worldview and distorted lifestyle.

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