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Moral Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review
Moral competence refers to the affective orientation to perform altruistic behaviors and the ability to judge moral issues logically. A five-stage theory of moral development is proposed. Both western and Chinese perspectives are incorporated in the elaboration of the characteristics of each stage....
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The Scientific World Journal
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353507/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22629153 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/590163 |
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author | Ma, Hing Keung |
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description | Moral competence refers to the affective orientation to perform altruistic behaviors and the ability to judge moral issues logically. A five-stage theory of moral development is proposed. Both western and Chinese perspectives are incorporated in the elaboration of the characteristics of each stage. A brief review of the antecedents of moral competence is presented. The relationship between moral competence and adolescent developmental outcomes is also discussed. Some practical ways to promote moral competence are suggested. School-based programs may be effective in the promotion of moral competence provided it is based on all-round or whole-person development and the length of the program should be sufficiently long. |
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spelling | pubmed-33535072012-05-24 Moral Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review Ma, Hing Keung ScientificWorldJournal Review Article Moral competence refers to the affective orientation to perform altruistic behaviors and the ability to judge moral issues logically. A five-stage theory of moral development is proposed. Both western and Chinese perspectives are incorporated in the elaboration of the characteristics of each stage. A brief review of the antecedents of moral competence is presented. The relationship between moral competence and adolescent developmental outcomes is also discussed. Some practical ways to promote moral competence are suggested. School-based programs may be effective in the promotion of moral competence provided it is based on all-round or whole-person development and the length of the program should be sufficiently long. The Scientific World Journal 2012-05-02 /pmc/articles/PMC3353507/ /pubmed/22629153 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/590163 Text en Copyright © 2012 Hing Keung Ma. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Ma, Hing Keung Moral Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review |
title | Moral Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review |
title_full | Moral Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review |
title_fullStr | Moral Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Moral Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review |
title_short | Moral Competence as a Positive Youth Development Construct: A Conceptual Review |
title_sort | moral competence as a positive youth development construct: a conceptual review |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3353507/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22629153 http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/590163 |
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