An Empirical Study on Human Values and Moral Values Regarding Adolescents
Keywords:
Adolescents, behaviour, development skills, health issues, relationships, physical facilities, cultural beliefs, etc.Abstract
Human values and moral values include the development of general knowledge, common sense, and problem-solving skills; unity, cooperation, mutual understanding, and acceptance of differences among individuals; honesty, truthfulness, harmony, and outer peace among family and friends, neighbours, and countries; and giving time and effort to others. This study aims to access adolescents’ human and moral values (girls and boys between the ages of 10 and 19). In India, adolescents make up 21% of one-fifth of the total population. Nowadays, human values and moral values are decreasing rapidly in adolescents of this age. The researcher found that the primary cause of decreasing human values is the generation gap, increasing workload, and low wages in the corporate sector, and increasing human desires for earning more money, which leads to the processing of thoughts of terrorism or crimes in the minds of adolescents. They are influenced by what they see, what they read, and what they observe in society and peer groups. The researcher concludes that they need to learn human and moral values like our ancestors did to build a good and ethical society. In the past, human values played an important role in societies and their cultural beliefs. Human and moral values are essential for the overall development of everyone. Adolescents today are vulnerable to health issues due to their exploratory nature; their health issues and development problems at this age are related to their physical, mental, and emotional development, as well as their
changing behaviour. Human values and moral values include the development of general knowledge, common sense, and problem- solving skills; unity, cooperation, mutual understanding, and acceptance of differences among individuals; honesty, truthfulness, harmony, and outer peace among family and friends, neighbours, and countries; and giving time and effort to others. Adolescents suffer at one time or another during their development.
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