ERIC Number: EJ1211341
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Moral Pride, More Intense in Girls than in Boys?
Etxebarria, Itziar; Conejero, Susana; Pascual, Aitziber; Ortiz Barón, María José; Apodaca, Pedro
Journal of Moral Education, v48 n2 p230-246 2019
Moral pride has been found to be a positive component of moral life. Nevertheless, this emotion has been the object of little attention and hardly any studies focus on gender differences in this regard. Is this emotion more intense in girls than in boys? Five studies on "authentic" moral pride, with sample groups in different age ranges (two with children and the other three with adolescents) and using different measures (moral pride scales and vignettes), were carried out to answer this question. When significant (Study 5, with adolescents) or marginally significant (Study 2, with children, and Study 3, with adolescents) differences were observed, they were always in favor of girls, but were fairly small. In the discussion, these results are interpreted in light of the feeling rules about pride in general and a series of guidelines are suggested for children's education.
Descriptors: Moral Values, Prosocial Behavior, Gender Differences, Childrens Attitudes, Adolescent Attitudes, Psychological Patterns, Foreign Countries, Vignettes, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Age Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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