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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERPERSONAL THEMES IN PLAY AND PROSOCIAL MORAL REASONING

Cain Spannagel, Sarah A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1195142625

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2008, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
Research has shown that both pretend play and prosocial moral reasoning relate to the socio-emotional constructs of emotional understanding, perspective taking, and empathy. It then makes theoretical sense that play processes should relate to prosocial moral reasoning. The present study investigated this relationship and also served to provide further validation evidence for the Interpersonal Themes in Play Scale (ITPS). It was hypothesized that the ITPS scale scores would be related to prosocial moral reasoning in that children who showed more prosocial behaviors in their play would demonstrate more advanced moral reasoning. This study also investigated the relationship among prosocial moral reasoning, empathy, and prosocial behavior. Results indicated that some prosocial themes in play did relate to prosocial moral reasoning categories and to sharing behavior. For example, Sharing/Turn-taking in play was significantly negatively related to hedonistic reasoning (r(58)= -.26) and Cooperation in play was significantly positively related to stereotyped reasoning (r(58)=.25).
Sandra Russ (Advisor)
82 p.
Psychology, Clinical
PROSOCIAL; MORAL REASONING; PROSOCIAL MORAL; PROSOCIAL MORAL REASONING; REASONING; MORAL; Empathy

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  • Cain Spannagel, S. A. (2008). THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERPERSONAL THEMES IN PLAY AND PROSOCIAL MORAL REASONING [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1195142625

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Cain Spannagel, Sarah. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERPERSONAL THEMES IN PLAY AND PROSOCIAL MORAL REASONING. 2008. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1195142625.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Cain Spannagel, Sarah. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERPERSONAL THEMES IN PLAY AND PROSOCIAL MORAL REASONING." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1195142625

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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