Three Factors Affecting the Moral Development of Adolescents

Authors

  • Haotian Zhu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/ehss.v8i.4442

Keywords:

Adolescents; Family; Peer; Moral development.

Abstract

This paper mainly discusses three social factors that affect the moral development of teenagers and hopes to provide a more comprehensive vision. The first is the influence of family factors. The moral development level of children from families with higher levels of family education tends to be higher, while the level of moral development of children with poor family relations tends to be opposite to the level of family moral development. Moreover, when the peer relationship of adolescents is not good, it is easy to lead to the low level of moral development of adolescents. At same time, when the moral development level of adolescents' peers is low, their own moral development level will also be low. Finally, this paper argues that community factors, as a secondary factor, often play an auxiliary role in the moral development of teenagers. This paper mainly focuses on the influence of social environment on the moral development of adolescents. Future studies can focus on the cross-influence of social media, games, and the three factors discussed in this paper on the moral development of adolescents, to gain a more comprehensive understanding of the social factors affecting the moral development of adolescents.

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Published

07-02-2023

How to Cite

Zhu, H. (2023). Three Factors Affecting the Moral Development of Adolescents. Journal of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, 8, 1153-1157. https://doi.org/10.54097/ehss.v8i.4442