Moral reasoning in adolescent offendersA meta-analytic review

  1. Laura Férriz Romeral 1
  2. Jorge Sobral Fernández 1
  3. José Antonio Gómez Fraguela 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

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Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Año de publicación: 2018

Volumen: 30

Número: 3

Páginas: 289-294

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: Psicothema

Resumen

Antecedentes: el estudio de la asociación entre razonamiento moral y diversos comportamientos ha ocupado numerosos estudios en Psicología. Específi camente, el razonamiento moral ha sido ampliamente relacionado con la delincuencia juvenil a lo largo de dichas investigaciones. Objetivos: este estudio pretende integrar más de 70 años de producción científi ca acerca de la búsqueda de sus iguales no infractores en razonamiento moral entre menores infractores y teniendo en cuenta el posible poder moderador tanto de variables demográfi cas como metodológicas. Método: se lleva a cabo una revisión meta-analítica cuya población objetivo fue menores infractores entre 11 y 20 años. Resultados: se obtuvo una muestra de 72 estudios, obteniendo un tamaño de efecto moderado de r= -.336. Se observa que los tamaños de efecto para los subgrupos que conforman las variables moderadoras son signifi cativos. Conclusión: este resultado sugiere que la relación entre razonamiento moral y delincuencia juvenil es potente y no solo atribuible a características metodológicas o sociodemográfi cas de la muestra. Se fi naliza con una refl exión sobre algunos retos pendientes en este campo

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