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Moral Identity As The Basis For Volunteering Involvement In Adolescence

Table 1: Cluster centers: distribution of respondents by manifestation of moral development

Scale/Group Volunteering experience No volunteering experience Differences
M Me SD M Me SD F p
Moral disengagement mechanisms
Moral justification 2.76 2.67 1.118 3.17 3.00 1.319 8.984 0.003
Speech Euphemism 2.10 2.00 0.899 2.29 2.33 0.971 2.964 0.086
Justifiable comparison 1.61 1.33 0.596 1.83 1.67 0.714 9.497 0.002
Distribution of responsibility 2.12 2.00 1.081 2.11 2.00 0.948 0.021 0.884
Diffusion of responsibility 2.08 2.00 0.974 2.38 2.33 1.083 6.399 0.012
Distortion of consequences 1.76 1.67 0.775 2.09 2.00 0.917 12.477 <0.001
Victim dehumanization 3.35 3.33 1.229 3.69 3.67 1.385 5.085 0.025
Guilt attribution 2.74 2.67 1.107 3.02 3.00 1.16 4.907 0.027
Moral identity
Moral Self 4.51 4.63 0.411 4.36 4.50 0.488 9.229 0.003
Moral Integrity 1.71 1.58 0.491 1.95 1.92 0.558 17.648 <0.001
MORS
Behavior 16.64 17.00 2.621 17.79 18.00 2.693 15.115 <0.001
Responsibility 19.47 19.50 2.767 18.44 18.00 2.941 10.550 0.001
Punishment/Reward 19.52 20.00 2.438 20.05 20.00 2.468 3.743 0.054
VFI
Defensive compensative 4.20 4.00 1.409 3.47 3.40 1.354 22.621 <0.001
Belief function 6.08 6.20 0.840 5.33 5.60 1.211 40.090 <0.001
Resource for career possibility’s 4.16 4.30 1.574 3.82 3.80 1.414 4.195 0.041
Social 4.96 5.00 1.317 3.94 4.00 1.480 42.495 <0.001
Source of competencies 5.88 6.00 0.978 5.13 5.20 1.242 36.166 <0.001
Source for development 4.81 4.80 1.355 4.28 4.40 1.330 12.240 0.001
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