Author(s)

Wenling Zhang

Corresponding Author

Wenling Zhang

ABSTRACT

This article examines Brazilian youth’s moral values using Wave VI of world values survey data, which focuses on the following three aspects to explore the facts and reasons of Brazilian youth moral values. First, the factor analysis method is used to compare and analyse the raw data of Brazilian youth groups, examining their attitude towards in moral behaviours, to testify their moral values, and the Brazilian youth moral values are divided into three categories based on their attitude towards: “deceptive behaviour”, “injury behaviour” and “sexual behaviour”. Secondly, the value orientation characteristics of the above three types of Brazilian youth are analysed correspondingly. It is found that Brazilian youth groups have the highest acceptance of sexual behaviour and the lowest acceptance of injury behaviour. And Brazilian youth has certain consistency in the behaviour of injury, but the acceptance of deceptive behaviour is between the acceptance of the above two types of behaviour. Thirdly, based on the relevant empirical research conclusions, this paper combines the current characteristics of American youth moral values and the relevant test analysis results to draw the reasons for the facts of Brazilian youth moral values, mainly from the social environment, historical and cultural traditions, and the level of social trust. Therefore, the overall situation of Brazilian youth moral values is more positive, and the mainstream development trend of moral values is positive, but it is also necessary to pay attention to the relatively negative development trend of Brazilian youth in moral values.

KEYWORDS

Brazilian youth, Moral values, World values survey, Current situation