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Cultural-Historical Psychology
2016. Vol. 12, no. 1, 85–96
https://doi.org/10.17759/chp.2016120109
ISSN: 1816-5435 / 2224-8935 (online)

Features of Moral Foundations in Mongol, German and Russian Adolescents

 
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Abstract

The difference in moral foundations between adults living in Western or Eastern countries is well-known, but there is lack of evidence about such difference in adolescence. We tested the hypothesis about cultural differences of moral foundations in Mongolian, Russian and German adolescents. As the methodology of the study we used Moral Foundations Theory describing five basic dimensions of moral domain including Harm/Care, Fair- ness/Reciprocity, Ingroup/Loyalty, Authority/Respect, and Purity/Sanctity. The sample comprised 446 Mon- golian, 450 Russian and 117 German adolescents at the age of 12…16 years old. We used three versions of Moral Foundations Questionnaire in different languages. The results of statistical analysis showed that general analy- sis, based on relations between scales, was acceptable. The replication of factor structure was low. It was revealed that Mongolian adolescents had most conservative moral foundations. Moral foundations of Russian adolescents from Altai Republic were quite close to Mongolian ones, while German adolescents showed much more «progressive» moral foundations which were typical for western societies.

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Keywords: moral foundations, moral foundations questionnaire, ethnopsychological features, adolescents

Journal rubric: Empirical Research

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OpenAlex trends: Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment, Cultural Differences and Values, Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies

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Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/chp.2016120109

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For citation: Sychev, O.A., Bespalov, A.M., Prudnikova, M.M., Vlasov, M.S. (2016). Features of Moral Foundations in Mongol, German and Russian Adolescents. Cultural-Historical Psychology, 12(1), 85–96. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/chp.2016120109

© Sychev O.A., Bespalov A.M., Prudnikova M.M., Vlasov M.S., 2016

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Oleg A. Sychev, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Senior Researcher at the Research Departament, Biysk branch, Altai State Pedagogical University, Associate Professor at the Department of Quality of Life Psychotherapy, Moscow Institute of Psychoanalysis, Biysk, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0373-6916, e-mail: osn1@mail.ru

Aleksandr M. Bespalov, Candidate of Science (Philosophy), Research Associate, Research department, Shukshin Altai State Humanities Pedagogical University, Biysk, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3518-4554, e-mail: bam56@mail.ru

Marina M. Prudnikova, Sociologist, Shukshin Altai State Humanities Pedagogical University, Biysk, Russian Federation, e-mail: mimosa.95@mail.ru

Mikhail S. Vlasov, Candidate of Science (Philology), PhD in Linguistics, Associate Professor, Head of Research Department, Shukshin Altai State Humanities Pedagogical University, Biysk, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7848-5114, e-mail: vlasov_mikhailo@mail.ru

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