Moral Reasoning of Nigerian and Pakistani Muslim Adolescents

Maqsud, Muhammad

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“…This greater use by the Algerian subjects of Stage 3 and lesser use of Stage 2 as compared with the British subjects is perhaps attributable to the impact of Islamic values salient in the answers of the Algerian subjects in their moral reasoning. This finding is congruent with the findings of Maqsud (1977b) who found that the Islamic values greatly influenced the moral reasoning of Nigerian Muslim adolescents in Kohlberg-type moral dilemmas. In a similar vein to Maqsud's findings, Ismail (1976) in a cross-cultural study found that cultural differences did exist in moral development of American and Saudi Arabian Muslim subjects.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…These studies by Gorsuch and Barnes (1973) and Grimley (1973) indicated no significant differences with regard to cultural and religious background as factors influencing moral development of children. On the other hand, Biaggio (1973), Ziv andShani (1975), Ismail (1976) and Maqsud (1977aMaqsud ( , 1977b) did find that cultural and religious values had an effect on the individual's progress through Kohlberg's sequence. For a recent critical review of a number of cross-cultural studies conducted in non-Western cultures, the reader is referred to Edwards' (1981) enlightening chapter in Munroeef a/.…”

Section: (Ii) Background Of This Studymentioning

confidence: 93%

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Assessment of Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development in Two Cultures

Bouhmama¹

1984

Journal of Moral Education

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This study examines possible relationships between moral judgements of 40 subjects from two cultures. The cognitive developmental theory of moral development proposed by Kohlberg was used both as a theoretical framework and as a basis for measuring moral reasoning.The population sample consisted of 40 students, male and female, between the ages of 14 and 15, 20 from Algeria and 20 from the United Kingdom. Each subject in the study was individually interviewed on two of Kohlberg's moral dilemmas. The interviews were taperecorded, transcribed and then coded for moral maturity scores (MMS) and moral stages of the subjects.The results showed significant differences in the mean scores of moral maturity between the two groups. Important differences were also found between the two groups in the level of the content of the subjects' responses.The data support the prediction that the cultural and religious values had an impact on Kohlberg's moral stages.

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Section: Discussion Of the Quantitative Resultssupporting

confidence: 95%

Section: (Ii) Background Of This Studymentioning

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Assessment of Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development in Two Cultures

Bouhmama¹

1984

Journal of Moral Education

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“…The present sample reasoned predominantly at stage 4. This finding corroborates previous cross-cultural research conducted on Muslim college students which clearly identified similar findings with regard to the reasoning patterns of Muslim students predominantly at stage 4 (Bouhmama, 1989;Ismail, 1976;Maqsud, 1977). An exploratory inspection of the content of moral-issue statements in one dilemma (Dr. Dilemma in the DIT) revealed one prominent result in this study.…”

Section: Patterns Of Moral Reasoningsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…In sum, this present study corroborates previous cross-cultural research which has clearly identified similar patterns of moral reasoning in Arab and Muslim cultures (Bouhmama, 1984(Bouhmama, , 1989Ismail, 1976;Maqsud, 1977). These findings seem to indicate that moral reasoning is partially culturally bound, and consequently one might argue that these patterns of moral reasoning are not inferior to Kohlberg's reasoning on justice as measured within the Kohlbergian framework .…”

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confidence: 92%

Effects of Gender and Education on the Moral Reasoning of Kuwait University Students

Alansari

2002

soc behav pers

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The moral reasoning of 189 undergraduate students from the College of Education, Kuwait University was studied, using the Defining Issues Test (DIT) by Rest (1990). The subjects ranged in age from 18 to 26 years (mean age =20.83). The results revealed that the sample reasoned predominantly at stage 4. Principled Morality Percentage Score (P%-score) was found to be below the norms reported in the literature for this group. There were no gender differences in moral reasoning. However, formal education did have a significant effect on moral judgment scores. In the light of this cross-cultural study as well as of other similar studies, a series of questions related to the understanding of moral development has been raised for further examination.

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“…As Snarey [52] exposed in a review, studies on the level of moral judgement in several countries of the Third World testify to a very low level of principle-orientated, post-conventional reasoning. In an investigation of the development of moral judgement in Pakistani adolescents, Masqud [53] demonstrated that the pre-conventional structural level was predominant. In contrast, Austrians, like the members of most industrialised Western societies, act on a conventional level [51].…”

Section: Moral Judgementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Guilt and Depression: A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study

Stompe¹,

Ortwein-Swoboda²,

Chaudhry³

et al. 2001

Psychopathology

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Although nearly a century has passed since Kraepelin’s investigations in Java [Cbl Nervenheilk Psychiatr 1904; 27:468–469], one crucial question regarding guilt in the course of depression has still not been decided: Is there a more or less stable connection independent of culture, or is guilt confined to certain civilisations? This study investigated this issue in 100 Pakistani and 100 Austrian out-patients diagnosed with ‘major depression’ according to DSM-IV by means of standardised instruments (Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia-Life Time Version, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression, 21-item version). The experiences of guilt were subdivided into ethical feelings (ethical anxiety and feelings of guilt) and delusions of guilt. It turned out that ethical feelings could be found in both cultures regardless of age and sex. They seem to be primarily related to the extent of depressive retardation. However, the distribution of the two subsets of ethical feelings was culture dependent. Delusions of guilt were confined to patients of the Austrian sample. So, our data qualify the exclusivity of the aforementioned two points of view and support the need for a psychopathologically differentiated approach.

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Moral Reasoning of Nigerian and Pakistani Muslim Adolescents

Cited by 17 publications

References 18 publications

Assessment of Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development in Two Cultures

Assessment of Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development in Two Cultures

Effects of Gender and Education on the Moral Reasoning of Kuwait University Students

Guilt and Depression: A Cross-Cultural Comparative Study

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