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EXPLORING A MORAL WORLD: MORAL ISSUES AND INFLUENCES IN THE LIVES OF LOW-INCOME AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH IN THE UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM

MAJITHIA, PRONOTI
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1147638403

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2006, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Sociology.
The moral lives of low-income African American youth participating in the Upward Bound program are explored. By meeting the program’s requirement of maintaining high grades and a good behavioral record, the youth belie the negative stereotypical image of youth from their socioeconomic and ethnic background. In semi-structured interviews the participants talked about their most significant moral dilemmas. Using the languages of justice and care, as derived in Kohlberg’s (1969) justice theory of moral development and Gilligan’s (1982) ethic of care theory I identified the moral elements in their narrations. Applying Blasi’s (1983) ‘self-model’ theory over half the participants were found to have established a moral identity characterized by ‘resistance’ to behavior that made them like the negative stereotype of youth from their background. Such ‘resistance’ results in their accepting social expectations of them through a process of introspection, a finding that fits Durkheim’s (1925) definition of moral action.
Dr. David Lundgren (Advisor)
Psychology, Social
Moral Reasoning and Action

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  • MAJITHIA, P. (2006). EXPLORING A MORAL WORLD: MORAL ISSUES AND INFLUENCES IN THE LIVES OF LOW-INCOME AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH IN THE UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1147638403

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • MAJITHIA, PRONOTI. EXPLORING A MORAL WORLD: MORAL ISSUES AND INFLUENCES IN THE LIVES OF LOW-INCOME AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH IN THE UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM. 2006. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1147638403.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • MAJITHIA, PRONOTI. "EXPLORING A MORAL WORLD: MORAL ISSUES AND INFLUENCES IN THE LIVES OF LOW-INCOME AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUTH IN THE UPWARD BOUND PROGRAM." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1147638403

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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