Relações entre julgamento moral e comportamento moral em função do nível de ansiedade

Biaggio, Ângela M.

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Biaggio, Ângela M.

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Neste estudo examinámos a debatida questão da consistência entre juízo moral e conduta moral, por um lado, e as possíveis relações entre consistência moral e ansiedade, por outro. 28 estudantes universitários, com idades compreendidas entre os 17-30 anos, foram avaliados no seu nível de desenvolvimento moral, numa medida de resistência A tentação e no seu grau de ansiedade, entendida quer em termos de traço, quer em termos de estado. De modo global, os resultados são consistentes com a hipótese da relação entre juizo moral e aqão moral, por um lado, e parecem indicar que tal relação é mediada pela ansiedade estado, mas não traço, por outro. Contudo, o tamanho da amostra bem como o facto de alguns sujeitos se terem comportado de modo surpreendente, na situação de resistência a tentação, sugerem que: tais resultados devem ser interpretados cautelosamente e olhados como muito exploratórios. ------ ABSTRACT ------- One of the major criticisms of Piaget’s andl Kohlberg’s theories of development is that they overemphasize cognition at the expense of behavior and feelings. The purpose of this project is tci investigate the relationships between moral judgmeni: and moral behavior, as possibly mediated by anxiety. liventy-eight college students of both sexes werc: piaced into a temptation situation in which they couldi faisify exam scores. The instruments used were Gibba et al. (1984) ((Sociomoral Reflection Objective: Measuren and Spielberger’s (&ate-Trait Anxiety Inventory)), both in their Brazilian/Portuguese: language versions. The results revealed that four students changed their scores upwards, while three of them changed them downwards. The moral judgement leve1 of those who changed their scores upwards was lower (but not significantly so) than that of the ahonest subjects)). Surprisingly, the lowest moral judgement scores were those of the subjects who decreased their scores. These subjects were ais0 higher on state-anxiety than the other groups. A11 comparisons were made by non-parametric Kruskai-Wallis Anovas. The data were discussed in terms of the complexity of the interrelationships among the variables studied, and the possible interference of intelligence, attention, and carelessness among those who decreased their scores. Severa1 other studies are under way for this project, including a study of criminal prisoners, whose moral judgment scores are significantly lower than those of college students. Another investigation looks at the relationships between altruism, social activism, and moral judgment. 456