Schools are facing challenges in their efforts to educate children appropriately and safely. Students who demonstrate inappropriate, anti-social, and/or disruptive behaviors are becoming more prevalent. School personnel are dealing with disruptive behaviors that occur more frequently and that affect staff and student safety. Additionally, the lack of discipline or management of disruptive behaviors has been identified by the public as the most persistent and possibly the most troublesome issue facing schools ( Cotton, 2001; Elam, Rose, & Gallop, 1998; Fitzsimmons, 1998; Killion, 1998). An assumption in managing problem behaviors in many urban schools is that punishment will change behavior. According to Skiba and Peterson (2000), severe and penalizing disciplinary policies frequently produce a negative school environment rather than improving student behavior. In general, urban schools across the nation rely on suspensions, loss of privileges, reprimands, and or expulsion as means of discipline. Unfortunately, these reactive consequences only help a small number of children learn to "comply with general expectations" and are insufficient for many students who exhibit more challenging behavior problems. This study examines the disciplinary practices being used in two urban middle schools to control disruptive behavior of students. It will reveal what aspects of certain disciplinary practices are viewed as helpful as well as areas needing improvement. It will also give insight into whether selected urban school principals and other stakeholders are using proactive strategies and techniques demonstrated in the research literature as being the most effective in terms of changing inappropriate behavior. Undertaking this study through the application of qualitative research methods of inquiry as a study using interviews, examining relevant documents, and observations will allow me an opportunity to explore my personal reactions to the defined disciplinary practices in the identified schools. / Ed. D.

Callous-unemotional (CU) traits, an affective component of psychopathy, are associated with problematic outcomes in social relationships in adolescents. However, their association with problematic romantic relationships in young adults has not been the focus of research. In a community sample of 216 college students (167 females) between the ages of 18 to 50, the current study examined the association between CU traits and several important romantic relationship outcomes. Results indicated that CU traits showed positive associations with dominance and partner’s perceived submissiveness, but negative associations with relationship satisfaction, even after controlling for impulsivity and antisocial behavior. On the other hand, antisocial behavior showed unique positive associations with short-term mating, psychological aggression towards partner, and partner’s perceived CU traits, even after controlling for CU traits. Further, results indicated that CU traits, impulsivity, and antisocial behavior showed positive associations with physical aggression towards partner. However, once these variables were entered in a multiple regression model simultaneously, none of these associations remained significant, suggesting it is the shared variance across these three variables that accounts for physical aggression. Implications for research and treatment are discussed.

When assessing the risk of violence, increasing interest has been shown in bringing science and practice closer together. Moving from clinical intuition in the first generation of risk assessment via actuarial scales in the second generation to the structured professional judgments where risk assessments are today produces better, more valid results when assessing the risk of violence. One of the best predictors of violence is gender. Approximately 10% of the violent criminality can be attributed to women; even so, it is increasing, especially among young women. It is therefore important to examine risk assessments from a gender perspective. Another important factor when assessing the risk of violence is psychopathy and there are indications that there might be gender differences in this diagnosis. Thus, a special interest has been focused on psychopathy in this thesis. The purpose with this work is to explore the similarities and differences in assessing risk for violence in male and female mentally disordered offenders, while the overall aim is to validate the violence risk assessment instrument HCR-20 for Swedish offender populations. The risk assessments for all six studies in this thesis were made by trained personnel using the HCR-20 instrument, where psychopathy was diagnosed with the screening version of the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL:SV). The study populations were both male and female mentally disordered offenders in either the correctional or the forensic setting. The findings show that both the validity and the reliability of the HCR-20 and the PCL:SV were good and the clinical and risk management subscales were found to have better predictive validity than the historical scale. Another finding was that there were more similarities than differences between genders in the HCR-20, while the opposite applied to the PCL:SV, where the antisocial behavior was performed in a different manner. Moreover, it was found that the gender of the assessor might be a factor to take into account when assessing the risk of violence in women, where the recommendation was that at least one assessor should be female. The conclusions were that the HCR-20 and the PCL:SV can be used In Swedish offender populations with valid results. For female offenders, there are differences in the antisocial behavior that is assessed in order to diagnose psychopathy and these differences tend to underestimate psychopathy among female offenders. Furthermore, the gender of the assessor might be of greater importance than has previously been realized. The overall conclusion was that this thesis supports the structural professional judgment method of making risk assessments in order to prevent violence in the community.

Um ponto crítico na Justiça Juvenil é a tendência em oferecer respostas indiferenciadas aos adolescentes em conflito com a Lei e às suas problemáticas, baseadas, na maior parte das vezes, na aferição da gravidade jurídica do ato infracional. A necessidade de diferenciar os modos de intervenção em função das características e necessidades dos autores é tanto mais importante quanto mais se sabe que os comportamentos divergentes e delituosos constituem um acontecimento normal na adolescência, na maior parte dos casos. A literatura indica que apenas um pequeno grupo de jovens apresenta comportamento infracional persistente, sendo esse volumoso e diversificado. Sabe-se que distinguir corretamente esses adolescentes daqueles que cometem atos antissociais passageiros, próprios da fase desenvolvimental, é ação crucial à orientação das políticas públicas na área. Sendo assim, realizou-se o estudo aqui apresentado, servindo-se do método da Delinquência Autorrevelada, em um levantamento de corte transversal, com uma amostra de adolescentes da população, recrutados em escolas públicas (133), e em uma amostra de adolescentes judicializados (60), recrutados em programas de execução de medida judicial, com os seguintes objetivos: 1) estimar a prevalência de adolescentes apresentando comportamentos divergentes e delituosos nas duas amostras; 2) determinar os comportamentos delituosos mais frequentes e a frequência com a qual teriam sido emitidos nas duas amostras; 3) identificar subgrupos de adolescentes na amostra total em termos de engajamento infracional, considerando a idade do primeiro delito, a diversidade de delitos praticados e o volume de delitos no último ano; 4) identificar e descrever variáveis pessoais e sociais distinguindo os subgrupos com maior engajamento infracional dos demais adolescentes. Destaca-se como principais resultados que 82% dos adolescentes escolares revelaram algum ato divergente e 77% algum delito. Entre os adolescentes judicializados, todos revelaram a manifestação das duas formas de comportamento, sendo que a diversidade e o volume de atos delituosos praticados neste grupo foi aproximadamente o dobro do verificado nos adolescentes escolares. Dano (vandalismo) e furto em estabelecimento comercial são os delitos mais reportados pelos adolescentes. Tratando as duas amostras juntas, pelas técnicas de agrupamento Ward e K-means, foi possível distinguir cinco agrupamentos tendo por base o nível de engajamento infracional dos indivíduos. O primeiro caracterizou-se por possuir atividade delituosa nula, e o quinto por possuir o mais alto nível de engajamento infracional. Neste subgrupo, a idade média de início dessa atividade foi a de 9 anos, o número médio delitos praticados pelos adolescentes foi de 9 e quantidade média de delitos praticados só no último ano teria sido de 23 delitos. Nos outros três subgrupos, o engajamento infracional foi menor que o verificado no quinto agrupamento. Ademais, as comparações entre grupos no tocante às variáveis de natureza psicossociais indicaram que quanto maior o engajamento infracional, maiores os déficits/problemas experimentados pelos jovens. Os resultados encontrados vão ao encontro das proposições da literatura e, especialmente, reiteraram os postulados do referencial teórico adotado, atinentes à Teoria Geral da Regulação do Fenômeno Criminal, de Marc Le Blanc. / A critical issue in the Juvenile Justice System is the tendency to offer undifferentiated responses to young offenders and their problems, based on the most part in the legal assessment of severity of offense on trial. The need to differentiate the types of intervention depending on the characteristics of the authors is more important as more it is known that antissocial acts constitute a typical behavior in the adolescence, in most cases. The scientific literature indicate that only a small group of young people exhibits persistent delinquency, characterized by high frequency and diversification of types. Thus, it is known that properly distinguish those adolescents who commit antisocial acts of those who commit acts passengers, it is crucial for guiding public policy actions. Therefore, we carried out the study presented here, drawing on Self-Report Delinquency method, on a cross-sectional survey with a population sample of adolescents, recruited from public schools (133), and in a sample of adjudicated adolescents (60) recruited from the execution of a judicial programs, with the following objectives: 1) to estimate the prevalence of people presenting divergent and criminal behavior in the two samples; 2) determine the most frequent criminal behavior and the frequency with which they had been issued in the two samples; 3) identify subgroups of adolescents in the total sample in terms of criminal engagement, considering the age of the first offense, the diversity of offenses committed and the number of offenses in the last year; 4) identify and describe personal and social variables distinguishing subgroups with greater criminal engagement of other teenagers. The results show that 82% of scholar adolescents reported some divergent act and 77% wrongdoing. All adjudicated boys reported both forms of behavior, and the diversity and volume of criminal acts in this group was about twice that of the scholar adolescents. Vandalism and shoplifting are the two offenses most reported by all adolescents. Treating both sample together, by Ward and K-means clustering techniques, we distinguished five groups based on the level of criminal engagement of individuals. The first was characterized by having null criminal activity, and the fifth for having the highest level of infraction engagement. In this subgroup, the mean age of onset of this activity was to nine years, the average number crimes committed by adolescents was 9 and average number of crimes committed only in the last year was 23 offenses. In the other three subgroups, criminal engagement was lower than that observed in the fifth cluster. Furthermore, comparisons between groups with respect to the nature of psychosocial variables indicated that the greater the criminal engagement, higher deficits / problems experienced by youths. The results corroborate the propositions of literature and especially reiterated the postulates of the theoretical framework adopted (General Theory of Regulation of Criminal Phenomenon, Marc Le Blanc).

A presente tese buscou identificar os fatores proximais mais relevantes que afetam o desenvolvimento do comportamento violento na adolescência. Por meio de revisões sistemáticas e metanalíticas da literatura, o presente estudo identificou que os seguintes fatores de risco: exposição a eventos estressores, histórico de conduta violenta, fracasso em intervenções anteriores, baixo autocontrole, traços de psicopatia, emotividade negativa, transtornos de saúde mental específicos e de abuso de substâncias, pares infratores e envolvimento em gangues, isolamento social e inabilidade parental. Em relação aos fatores protetores, a revisão indicou que os fatores proximais mais relevantes consistem em: autocontrole, empatia, inteligência, atitudes positivas frente a figuras de autoridade e a intervenções, comprometimento com a escola ou ao trabalho, apoio social e vínculo com adultos pró-sociais. Na parte empírica dessa tese, objetivou-se identificar os principais fatores associados à conduta violenta em adolescentes em conflito com a lei brasileira e testar a capacidade preditiva desses fatores. Participaram 118 adolescentes do sexo masculino entre 15 e 19 anos que cumpriam medida socioeducativa no município de Ribeirão Preto SP, dos quais 78 foram entrevistados em um segundo momento (T2), 18 meses após a primeira entrevista (T1). Os adolescentes completaram o Questionário sobre Comportamentos Juvenis (QCJ) e o Inventário de Jesness Revisado Brasileiro (IJ-R-Br) no T1 e no T2, e foram testados nos testes de Stroop Victoria (TS-V) e das Torres de Londres (TOL) somente no T2. Adicionalmente, foram levantados os históricos de boletins de ocorrência dos adolescentes junto ao fórum da cidade. Os adolescentes foram divididos em grupos Violento (GV) e não violento (GNV) e comparados nas escalas psicossociais do QCJ, nas escalas de personalidade do IJ-R-Br e nos testes TS-V e TOL. Posteriormente, 70% da amostra foi utilizada para a construção de dois modelos para testar o poder preditivo para o envolvimento em condutas violentas de forma retrospectiva nos 30% dos adolescentes que não participaram da construção dos modelos. Adolescentes infratores com trajetória de conduta violenta apresentaram pior desempenho que adolescentes infratores sem trajetória de conduta violenta em variáveis dos domínios Pessoal (capacidade cognitiva, crenças, valores e aspectos de personalidade), Familiar (apego e supervisão parental), Escolar (desempenho acadêmico), Pares Infratores e Comunitário (percepção de violência). No T2, algumas dessas variáveis deixaram de produzir efeito. Em termos preditivos, o modelo 1 apresentou acurácia de 74% e o modelo 2 de 83%, destacando-se o poder preditivo das escalas do IJ-R-Br (Desadaptação Social e Transtorno de Conduta), do QCJ (Pares Infratores e Atraso Escolar) e especialmente do histórico de conduta violenta. Destaca-se que algumas variáveis impactam no desenvolvimento da conduta violenta especificamente na adolescência, reduzindo seu efeito no início da vida adulta, enquanto outras mantém seu efeito ao longo do tempo. E o fato de existirem indicadores que podem predizer o envolvimento em comportamentos violentos com boa acurácia traz contribuições para o conhecimento da realidade brasileira e também implicações para as políticas públicas e pesquisas futuras / The present thesis sought to identify the most relevant proximal factors that affect the development of violent behavior during adolescence. Through the systematic and meta-analytic reviews of the literature, the present study identified the following risk factors: exposure to stressful events, history of violent behavior, failure in previous interventions, low self-control, traits of psychopathy, negative emotionality, mental health disorders and substance abuse, peer offenders and gang involvement, social isolation and parental inability. Regarding the protective factors, the review indicated that the most relevant proximal factors consist in: self-control, empathy, intelligence, positive attitudes toward authority figures and interventions, commitment to school or work, social support and attachment to prosocial adults. In the empirical part of this thesis, the objective was to identify the main factors associated with violent behavior in adolescents in conflict with Brazilian law and to test the predictive validity of these factors. A total of 118 male adolescents between 15 and 19 years old in conflict with the lay in the city of Ribeirão Preto SP, of which 78 were interviewed in a second wave (T2), 18 months after the first interview (T1). The adolescents completed the Questionnaire about Youth Behavior (QCJ) and the Jesness Inventory - Revised - Brazilian Version (IJ-R-Br) on T1 and T2, and were tested in Stroop Test - Victoria (TS-V) and Tower of London (TOL) on T2 only. Additionally, the historical records of teenagers\' official offenses were collected at the city forum. Adolescents were divided into Violent (GV) and non-violent (NGV) groups and compared on the QCJ psychosocial scales, IJ-R-Br personality scales and TS-V and TOL tests. Subsequently, 70% of the sample was used to construct two models to test the predictive power to engage in violent behavior retrospectively in 30% of adolescents who did not participate in the construction of the models. Adolescents with violent behavior trajectories presented worse performance than adolescents with no trajectory of violent behavior in variables of the domains Personal (cognitive capacity, beliefs, values and personality aspects), Family (attachment and parental supervision), School (academic performance), Peers (offenders) and Community (perception of violence). On T2, some of these variables no longer have an effect. In predictive terms, model 1 presented an accuracy of 74% and model 2 of 83%, highlighting the predictive power of the IJ-R-Br scales (Social Disorder and Conduct Disorder), QCJ scales (Peer Offenders and School failure) and especially the history of violent conduct. It is noteworthy that some variables impact on the development of violent behavior specifically during adolescence, reducing its effect in early adult life, while others maintain their effect over time. And the fact that there are indicators that can predict the involvement in violent behaviors with good accuracy brings contributions to the knowledge of the Brazilian context and also has important implications for public policies and future research

Submitted by admin tede (tede@pucgoias.edu.br) on 2017-04-25T12:32:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Larissa Queiroz Azevedo de Aquino.pdf: 919571 bytes, checksum: e822d1ea73d19d8479ab22889fd69c9d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-25T12:32:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Larissa Queiroz Azevedo de Aquino.pdf: 919571 bytes, checksum: e822d1ea73d19d8479ab22889fd69c9d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-13 / The present study had as objective to evaluate the antecedent and consequent events that maintained the problem behaviors of an adolescent who served sentence in institution for minor offender; Also aimed at treating these behaviors. The participant was male, single, aged 17 years. In order to evaluate, it was used strategies of the process of functional evaluation by indirect observation, direct observation of its behaviors at various moments in the institution and functional (experimental) analysis. The functional analysis involved the manipulation of environmental events in four main conditions: attention, demand, alone and control. The attention condition was subdivided into: (1) attention-warning, (2) attention-reprobation and (3) attention-concern. The results showed that there was a greater register of problem behaviors in the attention and demand conditions, than in the conditions alone and control, evidencing, therefore, that these behaviors were maintained by sources of positive and negative reinforcement. In order to deal with the participant's problem behaviors, the differential reinforcement of alternative behaviors was employed, combined with their extinction, thus making it possible to reduce them and increase the desired behaviors. For the control of procedures, the ABAB-type replication-replication design was used, followed by follow-up. It was observed that problem behaviors are susceptible to extinction, as well as social attention can be considered reinforcing to obtain desirable behaviors. The objectives of this study were achieved, proving, as in other studies in the literature, that through the application of behavioral analysis strategies, it is possible to increase the frequency of desired behaviors in adolescents who were serving their sentence in an institution for minor offenders. / O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar os eventos antecedentes e consequentes que mantinham os comportamentos-problema de um adolescente que cumpria pena em instituição para menor infrator; objetivou também tratar esses comportamentos. O participante era do sexo masculino, solteiro, com idade de 17 anos. Para avaliar, utilizou-se de estratégias do processo de avaliação funcional por observação indireta, observação direta de seus comportamentos em vários momentos na instituição e análise funcional (experimental). A análise funcional envolveu a manipulação de eventos ambientais em quatro condições principais: atenção, demanda, sozinho e controle. A condição atenção foi subdividida em: (1) atenção-advertência, (2) atenção-reprovação e (3) atenção-preocupação. Os resultados mostraram que houve maior registro de comportamentos-problema nas condições de atenção e demanda, do que nas condições sozinho e controle, evidenciando, portanto, que estes comportamentos foram mantidos por fontes de reforçamento positivo e negativo. Para tratar os comportamentos-problema do participante foi empregado o reforçamento diferencial de comportamentos alternativos combinado com extinção, possibilitando assim reduzí-los e aumentar os comportamentos desejados. Para o controle dos procedimentos foi usado o delineamento de reversão-replicação do tipo ABAB, seguido de follow-up. Foi observado que comportamentos-problema são suscetíveis à extinção, bem como a atenção social pode ser considerada reforçadora para obtenção de comportamentos desejáveis. Os objetivos desse estudo foram alcançados, comprovando, assim como em outros estudos existentes na literatura, que através da aplicação das estratégias da análise do comportamento, torna-se possível aumentar a frequência de comportamentos desejados em adolescente que cumpria pena em instituição para menor infrator.

When assessing the risk of violence, increasing interest has been shown in bringing science and practice closer together. Moving from clinical intuition in the first generation of risk assessment via actuarial scales in the second generation to the structured professional judgments where risk assessments are today produces better, more valid results when assessing the risk of violence. One of the best predictors of violence is gender. Approximately 10% of the violent criminality can be attributed to women; even so, it is increasing, especially among young women. It is therefore important to examine risk assessments from a gender perspective. Another important factor when assessing the risk of violence is psychopathy and there are indications that there might be gender differences in this diagnosis. Thus, a special interest has been focused on psychopathy in this thesis. The purpose with this work is to explore the similarities and differences in assessing risk for violence in male and female mentally disordered offenders, while the overall aim is to validate the violence risk assessment instrument HCR-20 for Swedish offender populations. The risk assessments for all six studies in this thesis were made by trained personnel using the HCR-20 instrument, where psychopathy was diagnosed with the screening version of the Psychopathy Checklist (PCL:SV). The study populations were both male and female mentally disordered offenders in either the correctional or the forensic setting. The findings show that both the validity and the reliability of the HCR-20 and the PCL:SV were good and the clinical and risk management subscales were found to have better predictive validity than the historical scale. Another finding was that there were more similarities than differences between genders in the HCR-20, while the opposite applied to the PCL:SV, where the antisocial behavior was performed in a different manner. Moreover, it was found that the gender of the assessor might be a factor to take into account when assessing the risk of violence in women, where the recommendation was that at least one assessor should be female. The conclusions were that the HCR-20 and the PCL:SV can be used In Swedish offender populations with valid results. For female offenders, there are differences in the antisocial behavior that is assessed in order to diagnose psychopathy and these differences tend to underestimate psychopathy among female offenders. Furthermore, the gender of the assessor might be of greater importance than has previously been realized. The overall conclusion was that this thesis supports the structural professional judgment method of making risk assessments in order to prevent violence in the community.

A key proposition of Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) self-control theory is the stability hypothesis which suggests that an individual's level of self-control, once established between the ages of 8-10, is stable over the life course. Empirical results from examinations of the stability hypothesis have been mixed. Prior tests of the stability hypothesis have employed aggregate assessment methods (e.g., mean-level and correlational analyses). Such approaches fail to take into account the possibility that individual developmental pathways may differ. This study employs individual longitudinal data over a four year period for 3,249 7th to 10th grade subjects to assess the stability hypothesis using both traditional stability estimation techniques (e.g., ANOVAs and zero-order correlations), as well as heterogeneity assessment methods - semiparametric group-based trajectory modeling (SPGM). Multinomial logistic regression (MLOGIT) of theoretically and empirically relevant risk factors (i.e., parenting, parental criminality, deviant peers, bonds to school) was employed to distinguish between developmental trajectories. SPGM results suggest that self-control is stable for a majority of the sample; however, a sizeable portion of the sample evinced trajectories for which self-control was marked by considerable change. Specifically, 6 unique trajectories in the development of self-control were identified - two groups were identified with high stable trajectories of self-control and four groups were identified that had lower, less stable trajectories of self-control. Additionally, several risk factors differentiated these groups. The results indicate that those with lower, less stable trajectories have more deviant peer association, higher rates of parental criminality, less intense bonds to school, and lower levels of parenting. These results indicate that self control is not stable nor is it consistent across groups, leading to a rejection of Hirschi and Gottfredson's explanation.

Juvenile delinquency is a widely known problem and some adolescents are constantly engaging in delinquency. The present study examined two types of broader risky personality factors, termed “Inflated Ego” and “Low Impulse Control”, and how the two factors were related to delinquency and antisocial behaviors for adolescent boys and girls. The data was drawn from a large community sample of youths in 8th and 9th grade. The results showed that for both boys and girls, the two factors were similarly related to an antisocial lifestyle and delinquency. However, a low impulse control was the critical risk factor for persistence in delinquency. In conclusion, there is not only one single personality factor behind adolescents’ delinquency, but low impulse control seems to be the most essential predictor. / Ungdomskriminalitet är ett utbrett problem och vissa ungdomar är konstant inblandade i kriminella aktiviteter. Denna studie undersökte två typer av bredare personlighetsfaktorer förknippade med risker, benämnda ”Uppblåst Ego” och ”Låg Impulskontroll”, samt hur dessa var relaterade till kriminalitet och antisociala beteenden för pojkar och flickor. De data som använts kommer från ett stort sampel av ungdomar i åttonde och nionde klass i Örebro. Resultaten visade att de två faktorerna var relaterade på liknande sätt för både pojkar och flickor till en antisocial livsstil och brottslighet. Dock visade sig låg impulskontroll vara den övervägande riskfaktorn för en fortsatt kriminell bana. Sammanfattningsvis finns det inte bara en enda förklarande personlighetsfaktor bakom ungdomars brottslighet.

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Agradecemos a compreensão on 2018-10-11T16:23:53Z (GMT) / Submitted by Josiane Paula Rodrigues De Azevedo (josipr.azevedo@gmail.com) on 2018-10-11T18:46:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação JOSIANE Impressão 2.pdf: 2183081 bytes, checksum: 79dd136094e27bae7715b7a1caae4361 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Elza Mitiko Sato null (elzasato@ibilce.unesp.br) on 2018-10-15T13:06:50Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 azevedo_jpr_me_sjrp.pdf: 2112964 bytes, checksum: 19687c67061768e3d233f53b72a7ac4e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-15T13:06:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 azevedo_jpr_me_sjrp.pdf: 2112964 bytes, checksum: 19687c67061768e3d233f53b72a7ac4e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-08-13 / Nossa sociedade é caracterizada por sua grande diversidade social, cultural, de sexo, etnias, credos, entre outras, além de acentuada desigualdade econômica. A escola, mais do que um espaço destinado à alfabetização e ensino dos conteúdos, deve contribuir para a formação moral dos indivíduos, criar situações de aprendizagem em que a questão da diversidade seja abordada. O presente trabalho trata das questões do preconceito e discriminação entre alunos da Educação Infantil, analisando a influência da cor da pele na escolha de parceiros de brincadeira e no seu julgamento de ações pró-sociais. Assim, investigamos se a cor da pele é uma variável que influencia a maneira como crianças escolhem parceiros de brincadeira e como essa relação se modifica com a idade; se as crianças relacionam sua percepção de bondade/maldade com a aparência ou são mais influenciadas pelo contexto de ações pró ou antissociais em que são apresentados. As formas de pensamento foram investigadas visando sua categorização e compreensão do seu julgamento sociomoral. A pesquisa foi realizada com crianças matriculadas na Educação Infantil da rede municipal de São José do Rio Preto. A elas foi apresentada uma história-estímulo e responderam a uma entrevista semiestruturada. Embora os personagens da história possuíssem identidade racial distinta, nossos resultados apontam que as crianças orientam sua preferência e atribuição de qualidades levando em consideração as atitudes apresentadas, sem considerar a cor da pele como critério de decisão. Em sua maioria, as crianças se utilizam de justificativas do tipo Emissão de juízo para dar razão às suas respostas. Dentre os fatores analisados, quais sejam: nível socioeconômico, idade ou sexo, nenhum mostrou influência sobre as escolhas dos entrevistados. Os resultados obtidos nos permitem considerar que a formação social da família e da escola pautada no convívio com o outro, valorização da diversidade e na capacidade de reflexão é capaz de dissipar o racismo nas atitudes das crianças. Esses achados enfatizam a importância da Educação Moral em ambiente escolar. / Our society is characterized by its diversity in social, cultural, gender, ethnicity and creed, among others, and a highlighted economic disparity. The school, in addition to an area of literacy and content education, should contribute to the moral formation of individuals, creating learning situations to deal with this diversity. The present work addresses the prejudice and discrimination among kindergarten students with emphasis in the influence of skin color on the choice of play partners and their moral judgment. Thus, we investigate whether skin color influences the way children choose play partners and how its changes with age; if children relate their perception of goodness to their appearance or the context of pro or antisocial actions in which are presented. The thought forms were also investigated aiming at their categorization and understanding of their sociomoral judgment. The research was carried out with kindergarten children from São José do Rio Preto city network who were presented to a stimulus story and answered a structured interview. Although the characters in the story had a distinct racial identity, our results indicate that children guide their preference and judgement according the attitudes presented, without considering the skin color as a criterion for decision. Most children used simple rule-type justifications to give reason for their answers. Among the analyzed factors, socioeconomic level, age or gender did not showed influence on the interviewees' choices. Obtained results allow us to consider that the social formation of the family and the school based on the relationship, appreciation of diversity and reflection is capable of dissipate racism in children's attitudes. These findings emphasize the importance of Moral Education in the school environment.