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The Effects of Moral Judgment, Emotion, and Emotional Attribution of Lower Grades in Elementary School on Externalized Behaviors in a Moral Transgression Context

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Chang Heesun
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pp. 49~69 / 2016 Vol.23 No.3
e-ISSN2982-6845
p-ISSN1226-4474
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine how moral judgment and emotional attribution effectexternalized behaviors of lower grades in elementary school in moral transgression context. The subjectswere ninety-one elementary students in the second grades. We measured moral reasoning; we evaluated theresults; on emotional attribution and externalized behaviors. After that, we conducted paired t-tests,correlation analyses and multiple regression analyses among the factors. The results are as follows. Therewas a difference of degree of moral judgment with a transgression context. Second, moral judgment, moraljudgment attribution, emotional judgment and emotional judgment attribution had negative correlationswith externalized behavior. Third, when transgression behavior was conducted by the student rather thanothers, they attribute with moral reason and had a negative effect. However, attributing with pleasure hada positive effect on transgression behavior. We expect that these findings could provide implications formoral education when considering moral judgment and emotional attribution of elementary school students.

Keywords

externalized behavior moral reasoning emotion(self-other) emotional attribution moral transgression context children

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