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The meaning of responsibility among adolescents. Paper presented at XIth European Conference od Developmental Psychology

MACEK, Petr and Mojmír TYRLÍK

Basic information

Original name

The meaning of responsibility among adolescents. Paper presented at XIth European Conference od Developmental Psychology

Authors

MACEK, Petr (203 Czech Republic) and Mojmír TYRLÍK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Milano, 2003

Publisher

Catholic University

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Audiovizuální tvorba

Field of Study

50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences

Country of publisher

Italy

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/03:00008146

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

responsinility; self; adolescence
Změněno: 4/9/2003 18:46, prof. PhDr. Petr Macek, CSc.

Abstract

V originále

Our research has been aimed to better understanding of the concept of responsibility among contemporary adolescents. The period of middle and late adolescence is considered extremely important in the development of one's subjective sense of responsibility. The experience of , and thinking about his/her own personal responsibility, the responsibility to others, and the responsibility of others (partner, friends, community, society) are closely related to the process of identity formation.We report results of two studies. The first one examined semantic associations of different aspects of responsibility with respect to well being context. We looked for semantic clusters around core concepts (personal responsibility, responsibility to others). Results revealed that different aspects of trust present different significant relationships to other concepts. Regarding the concept of responsibility to others, two different paths of significant relationships were found. The first is related to the personal aspects of responsibility, the second to democratic principles of society. The second study was based on focus group discussions. The topics were routine dilemmatic situations' cheat the friend, use the parent's thing without permission, etc. Results showed rather attributional conditions of responsibility than taxonomy of obligations.

Links

GA406/01/1085, research and development project
Name: Pojetí odpovědnosti u adolescentů
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Conception of responsibility among the adolescents
LN00A023, research and development project
Name: Centrum výzkumu utváření osobnosti v etnických a sociálních kontextech
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Centre for the research of the formation of personality in ethnical and social contexts