Care-oriented moral reasoning and prosocial behavior: a question of gender or sex role orientation

A study examined the possibility that sex role orientation was a better predictor of care-oriented moral development than gender for both men and women. The relationship between sex role orientation and care-oriented moral reasoning was found to be stronger than that between gender and moral reasoni...

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Published in:Sex roles 1994-08, Vol.31 (3-4), p.131-147
Main Authors: SÖCHTING, I, SKOE, E. E, MARCIA, J. E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition & reasoning
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender differences
Indexing in process
Moral reasoning
Morality
Prosocial behaviour
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sexes
Social psychology
Social research
Social role. Sex role
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Summary:A study examined the possibility that sex role orientation was a better predictor of care-oriented moral development than gender for both men and women. The relationship between sex role orientation and care-oriented moral reasoning was found to be stronger than that between gender and moral reasoning.
ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1007/BF01547711