Studies on Moral Development: Contribution of Brasilian Psychology

Authors

  • Letícia Lovato Dellazzana-Zanon Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Gabriela Sagebin Bordini Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Tania Mara Sperb Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
  • Lia Beatriz de Lucca Freitas Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Keywords:

Moral development, Moral psychology, Morality.

Abstract

The aim in this research was to undertake a literature review of empirical studies about moral development produced in Brazil between the years 2000 and 2010. The search for articles was done in the Virtual Health Library, consulting different databases. Only papers published in psychology journals and fully available online were considered.

 

Forty-eight papers were identified, analyzed based on two axes: (a) themes and (b) methods. The papers addressed themes like virtues, level of moral development, assessment of moral development measuring instruments, education and addictions. As regards the methods, qualitative, quantitative and qualitative-quantitative articles were identified. Among the qualitative studies, mainly interviews were used; in the quantitative publications, psychometric instruments, questionnaires and interviews were used; in the mixed studies, histories or dilemmas. These instruments were employed independently of the research method and the adopted theoretical approach.

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Dellazzana-Zanon, L. L., Bordini, G. S., Sperb, T. M., & Freitas, L. B. de L. (2013). Studies on Moral Development: Contribution of Brasilian Psychology. Psico, 44(3), 342–351. Retrieved from https://pucrs.emnuvens.com.br/revistapsico/article/view/15821

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Vol. 44 No. 3 (2013)

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