TY - JOUR
T1 - Moral Reasoning and Premarital Sexual Behavior
T2 - Toward Reasoning about Relationships
AU - D'Augelli, Judith Frankel
AU - D'Augelli, Anthony R.
PY - 1977/1/1
Y1 - 1977/1/1
N2 - Sexual behavior is the result of a relationship‐based decision‐making process focusing on the morality of the contemplated behaviors and the implications of those behaviors for the relationship. Kohlberg's cognitive‐developmental theory of moral reasoning is used as a framework for understanding the moral reasoning processes involved in sexual decision‐making. Research which examines the association of moral reasoning to sexual standards, sexual philosophy, sex guilt, and sexual behavior is discussed. It is suggested that sexual involvement is a moral issue reflecting decisions about the quality of interpersonal relationships desired by the partners. A cognitive‐developmental model for understanding interpersonal relationships is proposed and three levels of relationship reasoning are described. 1977 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
AB - Sexual behavior is the result of a relationship‐based decision‐making process focusing on the morality of the contemplated behaviors and the implications of those behaviors for the relationship. Kohlberg's cognitive‐developmental theory of moral reasoning is used as a framework for understanding the moral reasoning processes involved in sexual decision‐making. Research which examines the association of moral reasoning to sexual standards, sexual philosophy, sex guilt, and sexual behavior is discussed. It is suggested that sexual involvement is a moral issue reflecting decisions about the quality of interpersonal relationships desired by the partners. A cognitive‐developmental model for understanding interpersonal relationships is proposed and three levels of relationship reasoning are described. 1977 The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1977.tb02005.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1977.tb02005.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84993917515
VL - 33
SP - 46
EP - 66
JO - Journal of Social Issues
JF - Journal of Social Issues
SN - 0022-4537
IS - 2
ER -