title: Sociomoral reflection and prosocial and antisocial behavior: two Italian studies.
abstract: Two Italian studies on the development of moral judgment based on the 1992 Sociomoral Reflection Measure-Short Form of Gibbs, Basinger, and Fuller were performed. In Study 1, 49 male and female adolescent volunteers involved in prosocial activities and a control group of 60 nonvolunteers completed the form. In Study 2, 60 male drug abusers in a drug-rehabilitation community were compared with a matched group of 60 nondrug abusers. Analysis showed that involvement in prosocial activities was associated with higher stages of moral judgment and Type B responses, while drug abuse was associated with lower stages of moral judgment and more Type A responses. The moral type scores were less closely associated with behavioral outcomes than the moral stage scores, perhaps reflecting the interplay between universal sociocognitive processes and specific real-life situations.
authors.affiliation: Padua University, Italy. comunian@psico.unipd.it
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Comunian
authors.forename: U P
authors.initials: UP
authors.lastname: Gielen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003415:Crime / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D009014:Morals; D010555:Personality Inventory; D012919:Social Behavior; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation