Naslov
Moral reasoning among Croatian students of different academic orientations

Autori
Tokić, Andrea ; Nikolić, Matilda

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Social Sciences, Vienna. / Dobrescu, Emilian et al. - Beč : European Center for Science Education and Research (EUSER), 2017, 399-405

ISBN
9788890916137

Skup
13th International Conference on Social Sciences

Mjesto i datum
Beč, Austrija, 06.10.2017. - 07.10.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
moral reasoning, idealistic orientation, academic orientation, students

Sažetak
Previous studies demonstrated that different academic contexts could have different effects on moral development, i.e. in most cases formal education enhances moral reasoning, but sometime erodes it (for example for medical students). The aim of this study was to examine differences in moral reasoning among students of different academic disciplines (health care, law, social sciences and humanities). In research participated 386 students (Mage=23, 12): 154 law students, 55 nursing students, 123 other social sciences students, a 53 humanities students. Participants took Test of Moral Reasoning (TMR) (Proroković, 2016) which measures index of moral reasoning (in range from 0 to 1), and idealistic orientations (humanistic and conservative). The results showed that there was no difference in the moral reasoning index among students of different academic orientations. Furthermore, students of different academic disciplines differed in the humanistic orientation in a way that students of social studies were more humanistically oriented than law students. Some of the possible explanations for the lack of differences with regard to academic orientations is that overall stimulating environment that college provides is perhaps more important for moral reasoning development than specific academic contexts. Findings of this study are consistent with the findings of some of the previous studies.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

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