East German Children's and Adolescents' Friendship and Moral Reasoning before and after German Reunification

Autor/inn/en	Gummerum, Michaela; Keller, Monika
Titel	East German Children's and Adolescents' Friendship and Moral Reasoning before and after German Reunification
Quelle	In: Journal of Genetic Psychology, 173 (2012) 4, S.440-462 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1325
DOI	10.1080/00221325.2011.630435
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Moral Development; Friendship; Foreign Countries; Social Change; Moral Values; Children; Interviews; Decision Making; Empathy; Interpersonal Relationship; Statistical Analysis; Coding; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Moralische Entwicklung; Freundschaft; Ausland; Sozialer Wandel; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Child; Kind; Kinder; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Empathie; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Statistische Analyse; Codierung; Programmierung; Deutschland
Abstract	Few studies so far have investigated whether abrupt social changes in a society affect the development of friendship and moral reasoning. In this study, 2 cohorts of 188 East German children and adolescents (aged 7, 9, 12, and 15 years) were interviewed in 1990 and 2005. Participants were asked about the importance of close friendship (friendship concept) as well as their moral decisions and reasoning in a friendship dilemma. Overall, results show that in 2005, East German participants referred to normative and interpersonal-altruistic-empathic concerns significantly more often than participants interviewed in 1990. Reference to relationship concerns decreased from 1990 to 2005. With few exceptions, these cohort effects were equally found in younger (children) and older (adolescents) age groups. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10