1. Moral thinking and communication competencies of college students and graduates in Taiwan, the UK, and the US: a mixed-methods study.
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Lee, Angela Chi-Ming, Walker, David I., Chen, Yen-Hsin, and Thoma, Stephen J.
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THOUGHT & thinking , *PSYCHOLOGY of college students , *ETHICS , *COMMUNICATIVE competence , *RESEARCH methodology , *INTERVIEWING , *COMPARATIVE studies , *COLLEGE graduates , *PSYCHOSOCIAL factors , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *RESEARCH funding , *DATA analysis software - Abstract
Moral thinking and communication are critical competencies for confronting social dilemmas in a challenging world. We examined these moral competencies in 70 college students and graduates from Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Participants were assessed through semi-structured written interviews, Facebook group discussions, and a questionnaire. In this paper, we describe the similarities and differences across cultural groupings in (1) the social issues of greatest importance to the participants; (2) the factors influencing their approaches to thinking about social issues and communicating with others; and (3) the characteristics of their moral functioning in terms of moral awareness, moral judgment, moral discourse, and moral decision-making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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