Moral Reasoning in Violent Contexts: Displaced and Non‐displaced Colombian Children's Evaluations of Moral Transgressions, Retaliation, and Reconciliation

Ardila-Rey, Alicia; Killen, Melanie; Brenick, Alaina

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9507.2008.00483.x

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“…There is no standard method for scoring the VEX-R [7,16,41,44]. In our previous work with preadolescents [38] the VEX-R was analyzed using a total score, calculated by simply adding up how many times the subject reported experiencing each violent event, without weighting for severity.…”

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Adolescent initiation of licit and illicit substance use: Impact of intrauterine exposures and post-natal exposure to violence

Frank

Rose-Jacobs

Crooks

et al. 2011

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

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Whether intrauterine exposures to alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, or cocaine predispose offspring to substance use in adolescence has not been established. We followed a sample of 149 primarily African American/African Caribbean, urban adolescents recruited at term birth until age 16 to investigate intrauterine cocaine exposure (IUCE). We found that in Kaplan-Meier analyses higher levels of IUCE were associated with a greater likelihood of initiation of any substance (licit or illicit), as well as marijuana and alcohol specifically. Adolescent initiation of other illicit drugs and cigarettes were analyzed only in the "any" summary variable since they were used too infrequently to analyze as individual outcomes. In Cox proportional hazard models controlling for intrauterine exposure to alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana and demographic and postnatal covariates, those who experienced heavier IUCE had a greater likelihood of initiation of any substance, and those with lighter intrauterine marijuana exposure had a greater likelihood of initiation of any substance as well as of marijuana specifically. Time-dependent higher levels of exposure to violence between ages of 8 and 16 were also robustly associated with initiation of any licit or illicit substance, and of marijuana, and alcohol particularly.

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Adolescent initiation of licit and illicit substance use: Impact of intrauterine exposures and post-natal exposure to violence

Frank

Rose-Jacobs

Crooks

et al. 2011

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

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“…Even though several studies have examined the impact of exposure to violence on children's moral judgments of retaliation (Ardila-Rey, Killen, & Brenick, 2009;Posada & Wainryb, 2008;Smetana et al, 1999), only a few studies specifically addressed aggressive children. A study by Astor (1994) examined moral judgments of children from low-income families who were identified by their teachers as extremely aggressive.…”

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Aggressive and Nonaggressive Children's Moral Judgments and Moral Emotion Attributions in Situations Involving Retaliation and Unprovoked Aggression

Gasser

Malti

Gutzwiller-Helfenfinger

2012

The Journal of Genetic Psychology

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The authors investigated 7- and 9-year-old children's moral understanding of retaliation as compared to unprovoked aggression with regard to their aggressive behavior status. Based on peer ratings, 48 children were selected as overtly aggressive and 91 as nonaggressive. Their moral understanding of retaliation and unprovoked aggression was assessed by an interview including questions about their moral judgments and emotion attributions. Aggressive children judged retaliations as less serious than did nonaggressive children. They also referred less often to the harmful consequences of retaliation and were more likely to excuse the retaliation because of the provocation. In unprovoked aggressive situations younger aggressive children, compared with the younger nonaggressive children, attributed more happiness to transgressors, more anger to victims, and less sadness to transgressors and victims. The results are discussed in terms of previous research on aggressive children's moral understanding of retaliation and unprovoked aggression.

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“…Indeed, MD mechanisms are likely to influence aggressive behavior over time (Hyde et al, 2010;, but their activation may also be made easier by repeated immoral acts (e.g., Bandura, 1990) and frequent exposure to an aggressive environment can alter children's evaluation of moral transgression (Ardila-Rey, Killen, & Brenick, 2009). Unfortunately, this domain of research is still largely dominated by correlational studies that preclude definite conclusions about direction of effects and causality in general.…”

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Moral disengagement among children and youth: A meta‐analytic review of links to aggressive behavior

Gini

Pozzoli

Hymel

2013

Aggressive Behavior

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A growing body of research has demonstrated consistent links between Bandura's theory of moral disengagement and aggressive behavior in adults. The present meta-analysis was conducted to summarize the existing literature on the relation between moral disengagement and different types of aggressive behavior among school-age children and adolescents. Twenty-seven independent samples with a total of 17,776 participants (aged 8-18 years) were included in the meta-analysis. Results indicated a positive overall effect (r = .28, 95% CI [.23, .32]), supporting the hypothesis that moral disengagement is a significant correlate of aggressive behavior among children and youth. Analyses of a priori moderators revealed that effect sizes were larger for adolescents as compared to children, for studies that used a revised version of the original Bandura scale, and for studies with shared method variance. Effect sizes did not vary as a function of type of aggressive behavior, gender, or publication status. Results are discussed within the extant literature on moral disengagement and future directions are proposed.

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Moral Reasoning in Violent Contexts: Displaced and Non‐displaced Colombian Children's Evaluations of Moral Transgressions, Retaliation, and Reconciliation

Cited by 56 publications

References 66 publications

Adolescent initiation of licit and illicit substance use: Impact of intrauterine exposures and post-natal exposure to violence

Adolescent initiation of licit and illicit substance use: Impact of intrauterine exposures and post-natal exposure to violence

Aggressive and Nonaggressive Children's Moral Judgments and Moral Emotion Attributions in Situations Involving Retaliation and Unprovoked Aggression

Moral disengagement among children and youth: A meta‐analytic review of links to aggressive behavior

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