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Social Reasoning in IJO Children and Adolescents in Nigerian Communities

Hollos, Marida, Leis, Philip E., Turiel, Elliot·1986·Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Abstract

The study examined moral judgments and concepts of social convention in Ijo communities located in the Niger Delta areas of Southern Nigeria. The main data analyses were based on responses from 46 subjects divided into three age groups: 8-11 years, 12-14 years, and 15-18 years (preliminary data were also obtained in a small village). Assessments were made of judgments about examples of a moral transgression and a breach of social convention. The examples used were based on pretesting for issues relevant to the community. With regard to each type of issue, subjects were asked to evaluate transgressions, provide explanations for their evaluations, and the extent to which punishment should be administered to the transgressors. Subjects were also posed with questions pertaining to the origins and alterability of rules, and authority jurisdiction over the rules. The findings showed differences in subjects' conceptual orientations to moral and conventional issues. Age differences were also found, mainly between the children and adolescents, in the patterns of responses to the various dimensions assessed. The findings indicate that two social conceptual orientations coexist in the Nigerian communities.

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Authors
Hollos, M., Leis, P. E., & Turiel, E.
Affiliations
  • Brown University (US)
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
Venue
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
Published
1986-09
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
352-374
ISSN
  • 0022-0221 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-5422
OpenAlex
W2129398602
Cited by
154
References
18
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
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0.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
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closed
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Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Cultural Differences and Values
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Child and Animal Learning Development
Keywords
moral judgment, social conventions, moral transgression, age differences, children and adolescents, punishment, Niger Delta

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