An Integrated Model of Legal and Moral Reasoning and Rule-Violating Behavior: The Role of Legal Attitudes

被引：52

作者：

Cohn, Ellen S. ^{[1
]}

Bucolo, Donald ^{[1
]}

Rebellon, Cesar J. ^{[2
]}

Van Gundy, Karen ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ New Hampshire, Dept Psychol, Durham, NH 03824 USA

[2] Univ New Hampshire, Dept Sociol, Horton Social Sci Ctr, Durham, NH 03824 USA

来源：

LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR | 2010年 / 34卷 / 04期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Legal attitudes; Legal socialization; Moral reasoning; Delinquency; COGNITIVE-DEVELOPMENT; DELINQUENT-BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC-STATUS; ADOLESCENTS; DIMENSIONS; COURT; AGE;

D O I：

10.1007/s10979-009-9185-9

中图分类号：

D9 [法律]; DF [法律];

学科分类号：

0301 ;

摘要：

Legal socialization theory predicts that attitudes mediate the relation between legal reasoning and rule-violating behavior [Cohn, E. S., & White, S. O. (1990). Legal Socialization: A Study of Norms and Rules. New York: Springer-Verlag]. Moral development theory predicts that moral reasoning predicts rule-violating behavior directly as well as indirectly [Blasi, A. (1980). Bridging moral cognition and moral action: A critical review of the literature. Psychological Bulletin, 88, 1-45]. We present and test an integrated model of rule-violating behavior drawing on both theories in a longitudinal study of middle school and high school students. Students completed questionnaires three times during the course of 1 year at 6-month intervals. Legal and moral reasoning, legal attitudes, and rule-violating behavior were measured at times one, two, and three respectively. Structural equation models revealed that while moral and legal reasoning were directly and indirectly related to rule-violating behavior among high school students, legal reasoning bore no direct relation to rule-violating behavior among middle school students. The implications for an integrated model of reasoning and rule-violating behavior are discussed.

引用

页码：295 / 309

页数：15

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