Development of the relationship between children's moral emotional attribution and moral behavior

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K03260
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 10020:Educational psychology-related
• Research Institution: Tohoku University (2020-2021); Yokohama City University (2019)
• Principal Investigator: Hasegawa Mari 東北大学, 教育学研究科, 教授 (10376973)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 越中 康治 宮城教育大学, 大学院教育学研究科高度教職実践専攻, 准教授 (70452604)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 道徳性 / 向社会的行動 / 道徳感情 / 罪悪感 / 誇り / 同情 / 攻撃行動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to explore how both positive and negative moral emotions are related to moral behavior during childhood. Ethical guilt and moral pride responses increased in late childhood were compared to early childhood, which were positively related to prosocial behavior. The two emotions were less significantly related to temperamental factors. The most significant cultural difference was found in responses for moral pride. Japanese children were less likely than Canadian children to select "happy" and more likely to select "neutral" in moral pride stories.

Free Research Field

発達心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

反社会的行動回避や向社会的行動などの道徳的行動は、罪悪感やプライドなどの道徳感情が影響することが指摘されている。しかし、両者がどのように関係するのか、その関係の発達差と文化差については実証研究が乏しい。教育現場でも、社会性と情動の学習(SEL）が注目されるようになっており、本研究の知見は道徳教育に基礎資料を提供するものである。