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19 Technium Soc. Sci. J. 364 (2021)
Parental Morality and the Morality of Generation Z Adolescents: A Mixed Methods Research

handle is hein.journals/techssj19 and id is 364 raw text is: Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 19, 364-381, May, 2021 IALSENCESM J ISSN: 2668-7798 www.techniumscience.com Parental Morality and the Morality of Generation Z Adolescents: A Mixed Methods Research Sharon Rose Medezl, Lisa Anna Marte-Gayoles2 Colegio de Sta. Ana de Victorias, Philippines, 2University of San Agustin, Philipines s medez@yahoo.com, lagayoles@usa.edu.ph2 Abstract. Parents' behavior, attitudes and beliefs greatly impact their children's development. Parents play a crucial role in the moral development of their children. This study aims to explore, describe, and interpret the lived experiences of parents and their Gen Z adolescent children regarding morality. This study also aims to determine the relationship between parental morality and the morality of their Gen Z adolescent children. It utilized the mixed methods research design, specifically the phenomenological research design and the correlational research design. Fifty-two high school students of a private school and their parents participated in the study. Students are between ages 13 and 16 years. This study utilized the Moral Authority Scale (MAS- R) to measure parental and adolescent morality. Common themes for the lived experiences of the parents and their Gen Z adolescent children are: parents are dispensers of values, obedience to parents, listening to a friend's opinion, showing concern for others, treat everybody equally, and the law over self-interest. The results of the study revealed that the morality of both parents and the morality of their adolescent children was predominantly the Principle Morality, specifically the Equality Source. There is no significant relationship between parental morality and the morality of their adolescents, although the father's morality appears to have more influence on their adolescent children's morality. The findings suggest implications in family strengthening programs utilizing parent education and parent training. Keywords. parental morality, adolescent morality, Generation Z, mixed methods research, Philippines 1. Introduction Morality refers to the way people choose to live their lives according to a set of guidelines or principles that govern their decisions on what is right versus what is wrong (Morelli, 2016). Morals are the systems of social rules that shape how people relate to others and guide their behavior. Moreover, the family is the first significant context for the socialization of morality. Moral development is defined as any changes in observed judgments, behaviors, and emotions regarding standards of right and wrong that occur across the lifespan (White et al., 2013). It concerns the development of moral action, moral character, and moral behavior (Rashid, 2014). According to Rachael Henry's (1983) five sources of morality, an individual behaves morally because the source of moral authority requires it, and what the source requires is right. Henry (1983) identified five sources of moral authority which are the Family, 364