How Good Are Children at Rating the Ethical Content of Moral Stories?

Autor/inn/en	Gomberg, Anna; Zadzora, Kathleen; Walter, Rebecca; Narvaez, Darcia
Titel	How Good Are Children at Rating the Ethical Content of Moral Stories?
Quelle	(2005), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Ethics; Moral Values; Middle School Students; Early Adolescents; Adults; Undergraduate Students; Age Differences; Story Reading; Altruism; Self Control; Problem Solving; Conflict Resolution; Test Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethik; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Selbstbeherrschung; Problemlösen; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Testvalidität
Abstract	The Rating Ethical Content System (RECS) was developed for adults, but the question remains whether children can recognize moral themes in media with the same competency as adults. The current study aims to test a modified version of the existing scale (RECS-K) for use by children in order to determine whether children can recognize ethical elements in a story. Participants were 93 middle school students, 36 undergraduates and 15 adults who read two moral stories, generated a theme and rated the ethical sensitivity, ethical judgment, ethical motivation and ethical action represented in the story. There were age trends on the ability to generate the intended theme of the story (story 1: 85% of children, 97% of undergrads and 93% of adults; story 2: 67% of children, 87% of undergrads, 93% of adults were correct). Story ratings were similar across type of rating (sensitivity, judgment, focus, action) and for each story except for age trends in story 2 sensitivity and action--adults outperformed both younger groups. Adults were more consistent in their moral comprehension across tasks and stories. (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10