Moral Values and Family in Middle School Students of the Concepción Province
Abstract
This study presents an aspect of youth morality, especifically acceptance of
questionable moral behaviors and its relation to familiy structure and functioning in
students of secundary education at the Province of Concepción, Chile. For this purpose a random sample of 296 students was surveyed.
The Harding and Phillips Scale (1986) showed adequate psicometrical functioning.
In general, the moral permissiveness detected may be considered low, but higher
levels of permissivenes were observed in sexuality dimention and lower levels were
measured on personal and legal permissiveness.
A correlation was found between family and permissiveness. The greater familism
and family interaction in secondary educational-level students, the lesser moral
permissiviness; and the greater dissatisfaction with familiy functioning, the greater
moral permissiveness.
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