title: Moral identity and psychological distance: the case of adolescent parental socialization.
abstract: A mediation model using a sample of 1059 adolescents (56% girls; M age=16.02, SD=1.37) tested relations between parenting, adolescent moral identity, and the formation of psychological distance towards others. In short, adolescent moral identity mediated relations between parenting and the ways in which adolescents oriented others in their psychological space. Specifically, adolescent-report parenting style dimensions (responsiveness, autonomy-granting, and demandingness) were positively related to the formation of both private and public moral identity dimensions (internalization and symbolization), which were in turn associated with a tendency to construct psychological distance towards others (negatively with social dominance orientation and positively with the circle of moral regard). Therefore, one way parents may be able to influence how adolescents relate to their peers is by fostering a sense of moral identity in their children through authoritative parenting.
authors: Department of Psychology, Brigham Young University, 1040 SWKT, Provo, UT 84602, USA. sam_hardy@byu.edu
authors: Sam A
authors: SA
authors: Hardy
authors: Amit
authors: A
authors: Bhattacharjee
authors: Americus
authors: A
authors: Reed Ii
authors: Karl
authors: K
authors: Aquino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000339:Affect; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009014:Morals; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting; D012929:Psychological Distance; D012919:Social Behavior; D012930:Social Dominance; D012933:Social Identification; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires