Abstract
To explore the possible association of parental divorce and adolescent's moral development, 103 college students aged 17 to 22 were tested for stage of moral development and parental relations. Students' gender and prior closeness with parents were not significantly associated with variations in their current level of moral development. There was a signif~cant association between parental status of divorce and adolescents' stage of moral development. Subjects whose parents were divorced during their adolescent years exhibited a significantly higher level of moral development than those adolescents whose par- ents were not divorced. The fmdings support the understanding that increased perspective-taking, necessitated among children of divorce by witnessing differences in opinions between their parents, is at the root of moral judgment development.
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