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        <journal-title>Research Focus International Scientific Journal</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">Research Focus</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub" publication-format="electronic">2181-3833</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Ilm-fan va innovatsiyalar akademiyasi</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.66073/researchfocus.v5i2.2048</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="other" assigning-authority="relibrary.uz">REL-A-013342</article-id>
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          <subject>13.00.00</subject>
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        <article-title xml:lang="en">THE CONNECTION BETWEEN MORAL REASONING AND ANXIETY DISORDERS IN YOUTH</article-title>
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          <trans-title>СВЯЗЬ МЕЖДУ МОРАЛЬНЫМ МЫШЛЕНИЕМ И ТРЕВОЖНЫМИ РАССТРОЙСТВАМИ У МОЛОДЁЖИ</trans-title>
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        <trans-title-group xml:lang="uz">
          <trans-title>YOSHLARDA AXLOQIY MULOHAZA VA XAVOTIR BUZILISHLARI O‘RTASIDAGI BOG‘LIQLIK</trans-title>
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      <contrib-group content-type="author">
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <string-name>Xalikulova Fazilat Toshboltayevna</string-name>
          <aff>Tashkent State Medical University, Assistant of the Department of “Advanced Training of Medical Staff”</aff>
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      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-03-05">
        <day>05</day>
        <month>03</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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      <pub-date date-type="collection">
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>5</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>168</fpage>
      <lpage>172</lpage>
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          <license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.</license-p>
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      <abstract xml:lang="en">
        <p>This article examines the complex interrelations between moral reasoning and anxiety disorders in youth, situating the discussion within developmental, cognitive-affective, and psychosocial frameworks. Adolescence represents a formative period during which moral cognition and emotional regulation mature concurrently, influenced by social contexts, neural development, and psychopathological vulnerabilities. This paper synthesizes evidence from moral development theory (Kohlberg, Piaget), affective neuroscience, and clinical research on anxiety disorders among adolescents, with a special focus on mechanisms linking moral judgment, stress responses, self-evaluation, and maladaptive anxiety. Empirical findings suggest that higher level moral reasoning can buffer emotional distress under normative social pressures but may also exacerbate anxiety in contexts of moral conflict, social evaluation, or perceived moral failure. Implications for early intervention, educational policy, and future research directions are discussed.</p>
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        <p>В статье рассматриваются сложные взаимосвязи между моральным мышлением и тревожными расстройствами у молодежи в рамках developmental, cognitive-affective и psychosocial подходов. Подростковый возраст представляет собой важный этап, в течение которого моральное познание и эмоциональная регуляция развиваются одновременно под влиянием социального контекста, нейронального созревания и психопатологических факторов. В работе обобщаются положения теории морального развития (Кольберг, Пиаже), данные аффективной нейронауки и клинические исследования тревожных расстройств у подростков, с особым вниманием к механизмам, связывающим моральные суждения, стрессовые реакции, самооценку и дезадаптивную тревогу. Эмпирические данные показывают, что более высокий уровень морального мышления может снижать эмоциональный дистресс в условиях нормативного социального давления, однако в ситуациях морального конфликта, социальной оценки или переживания моральной несостоятельности способен, напротив, усиливать тревогу. Обсуждаются значение полученных результатов для раннего вмешательства, образовательной политики и направлений дальнейших исследований.</p>
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      <trans-abstract xml:lang="uz">
        <p>Ushbu maqolada o‘smirlar va yoshlarda axloqiy mulohaza yuritish hamda xavotir buzilishlari o‘rtasidagi murakkab o‘zaro bog‘liqlik rivojlanish, kognitiv-affektiv va psixososial yondashuvlar doirasida tahlil qilinadi. O‘smirlik axloqiy tafakkur va emotsional boshqaruv bir vaqtda yetiladigan muhim davr bo‘lib, bu jarayonlar ijtimoiy muhit, neyron rivojlanish va psixopatologik omillar ta‘sirida kechadi. Maqolada axloqiy rivojlanish nazariyalari (Kohlberg, Piaget), affektiv nevrofan va o‘smirlardagi xavotir buzilishlariga oid klinik tadqiqotlar umumlashtirilib, axloqiy hukm, stress reaksiyalari, o‘zini baholash va moslashuvchan bo‘lmagan xavotir o‘rtasidagi bog‘lovchi mexanizmlarga alohida e‘tibor qaratiladi. Empirik natijalar shuni ko‘rsatadiki, axloqiy mulohazaning yuqori darajasi odatiy ijtimoiy bosim sharoitida hissiy tanglikni kamaytirishi mumkin, biroq axloqiy ziddiyat, ijtimoiy baholanish yoki axloqiy muvaffaqiyatsizlik hissi mavjud vaziyatlarda xavotirni kuchaytirishi ham mumkin. Tadqiqot natijalarining erta aralashuv, ta‘lim siyosati va kelgusidagi izlanishlar uchun ahamiyati muhokama qilinadi.</p>
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        <kwd>moral reasoning</kwd>
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        <kwd>adolescents</kwd>
        <kwd>emotional regulation</kwd>
        <kwd>developmental psychopathology</kwd>
        <kwd>social cognition</kwd>
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        <kwd>моральное мышление</kwd>
        <kwd>тревожные расстройства</kwd>
        <kwd>подростки</kwd>
        <kwd>моральное развитие</kwd>
        <kwd>эмоциональная регуляция</kwd>
        <kwd>социальное познание</kwd>
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        <kwd>xavotir buzilishlari</kwd>
        <kwd>o‘smirlar</kwd>
        <kwd>axloqiy rivojlanish</kwd>
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