title: Chinese Malaysian Adolescents' Social-Cognitive Reasoning Regarding Filial Piety Dilemmas.
abstract: This study examined the social-cognitive reasoning of 52 Chinese Malaysian preadolescents (9-12 years old; M = 11.02, SD = 0.94) and 68 adolescents (13-18 years old; M = 14.76, SD = 1.39) in resolving filial dilemmas within the personal and moral domain. Preadolescents deferred to parental authority, whereas adolescents endorsed filial obligation reasoning to justify compliance in the personal domain. Both appealed to filial obligation, pragmatic, or welfare and safety reasoning to justify compliance but fairness or rights reasoning to justify their noncompliance, for the moral issue. Distinctions between authoritarian and reciprocal filial piety reasoning were revealed. Findings demonstrated complex decision-making and cognitive reasoning processes among Chinese Malaysian adolescents as they negotiate their filial obligations and autonomy development.
authors.affiliation: University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
authors.forename: Charissa S L
authors.initials: CSL
authors.lastname: Cheah
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan.
authors.forename: Christy Y Y
authors.initials: CYY
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.affiliation: Örebro University.
authors.forename: Sevgi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bayram Özdemir
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D009014:Morals; D010287:Parent-Child Relations / Q000208:ethnology*; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D012737:Sex Factors; D012938:Social Perception; D013850:Thinking