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Moral valuation: a third domain of conscience functioning

B M Stilwell1, M Galvin, S M Kopta

  • 1Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA.

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
|February 1, 1996
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Children

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Moral Development
  • Child Psychiatry

Background:

  • Conscience development is crucial for understanding moral reasoning.
  • Previous research identified stages of conscience conceptualization.
  • Moral valuation, the derivation and justification of moral rules, requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the development of moral valuation in children and adolescents.
  • To examine the relationship between moral valuation and conscience conceptualization stages.
  • To explore social reference aspects (authority, self, peer) in moral rule derivation.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Stilwell Conscience Interview with 132 participants aged 5-17.
  • Assessed moral valuation across authority-derived, self-derived, and peer-derived social references.

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  • Scaled complexity of each aspect into six anchored levels.

    • Main Results:

    • All three aspects of moral valuation positively correlated with conscience conceptualization stages.
    • Each aspect of moral valuation was also positively correlated with the others.
    • Peer-derived moral valuation showed significant correlation with age and developmental stage.

    Conclusions:

    • Moral valuation is a key component of conscience, referencing authority, self, and peers.
    • Developmental guidelines for moral valuation can be established using anchored levels.
    • These findings offer criteria for mental status examinations and psychopathology studies in youth.