Religious Attitudes, Values and Prosocial Moral Reason within an Adolescent Sample
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https://doi.org/10.21501/22161201.2613Keywords:
Religious behavior, moral development, value systems, adolescentsAbstract
Objective: The objective of this study is to investigate relationship between religiosity, values and Prosocial Moral Reasoning (PMR) of high school students. The first hypothesis consists of analyze whether religious attitudes can predict any specific Prosocial Moral Reasoning (PMR). On the other hand, the second hypothesis tries to investigate if religiosity is related specifically with values in the Rockeach’s scale. Methodology: The sample consists of 421 adolescents, whose ages are between 13 and 18 years old. Multiple regression models and MANOVAs have been done. Results: The results of multiple regression confirmed that students who give low value to God have a higher level of Hedonistic Reasoning. Conclusions: On the other hand, the MANOVAs gave rise to significant results, since religiosity is significantly related with the choice of “to be independent”, “to be intellectual” and “to have a comfortable life” values.
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Manuel Martí-Vilar, University of Valencia (Spain)
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3305-2996 
Associate Professor in Basic Psychology Department of University of Valencia.
María Vicenta Iribarren Navarro, Conselleria d’Educació, Investigació, Cultura i Esport. Generalitat Valenciana (España).
Lucía Grau-Martínez, Universitat de València
Antonio Olivera-La Rosa, Universidad Católica Luis Amigó
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