Moral cognition in adolescence and emerging adulthood.

Exploring how youth with refugee backgrounds navigate moral challenges associated with the refugee experience: A qualitative study.

“…Moreover, participants identified their moral standards are still developing and refugee youth are exposed to changing sociocultural norms and expectations (Jia & Krettenauer, 2017). This aligns with theoretical accounts highlighting the importance of moral development in emerging adulthood, which in turn impacts friendships, navigating peer groups, responding to social boundaries, experiencing culture, developing identity, and maintaining well-being (Eisenberg et al, 2014; Lapsley et al, 2023; Reynolds & Ceranic, 2007). While moral development is influenced at this time by changing biology, social priorities, roles and responsibilities, and exposure to socially regulated behaviors (Hart & Carlo, 2005), the refugee experience can pose additional moral dilemmas and challenges.…”

“…Youth with refugee backgrounds often face, and are required to navigate, moral dilemmas and challenges associated with the refugee experience. This is important to consider as adolescence and emerging adulthood are key developmental periods of moral development that influence how youth form friendships, navigate peer groups, respond to social boundaries, experience culture, develop identity, and maintain psychological well-being (Eisenberg et al, 2014; Lapsley et al, 2023; Reynolds & Ceranic, 2007). Moral development is the process by which one establishes attitudes and behaviors toward others based on what is expected and accepted by society (Otte, 2015).…”

Daily moral identity: Linkages with integrity and compassion

“…Moral identity has been described as “one of the most important topics of research in moral psychology” (Lapsley et al., in press, p. 5). It significantly predicts behavior (Hertz & Krettenauer, 2016), is systematically related to moral emotions (Lefebvre & Krettenauer, 2019), and integrates personality, social, psychological, and developmental perspectives for the study of morality.…”