Political orientation, moral foundations, and COVID-19 social distancing. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have advocated numerous social distancing measures, and compliance with these has likely saved millions of lives globally. In an online sample drawn from the U.S.
Hammond Tarry +3 more
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Remapping the foundations of morality: Well-fitting structural model of the Moral Foundations Questionnaire. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Moral foundations theory posits five moral foundations, however 5-factor models provide poor fit to the data. Here, in five studies, each with large samples (total N = 11,496), we construct and replicate a well-fitting model of the Moral Foundations ...
Michael Zakharin, Timothy C Bates
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Moral foundations are better predictors of belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories than the Big Five personality traits [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 Upon the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, various conspiracy theories regarding the virus proliferated in the social media. This study focused on the sociodemographic, personality, and moral predictors of these beliefs.
Pegah Nejat +2 more
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Do Binding Moral Foundations Predict a Hypothetical Moral Behavior? The Moderating Role of the Perception of the In-Group Moral Standards [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesPrevious studies have found a positive relationship between binding moral foundations and negative inter-group attitudes. Nevertheless, some studies have shown that, under specific conditions, binding foundations can also lead to positive outcomes ...
Ankica Kosic +2 more
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Conservatives' Moral Foundations Are More Densely Connected Than Liberals' Moral Foundations. [PDF]
Pers Soc Psychol Bull, 2021 We use network psychometrics to map a subsection of moral belief systems predicted by moral foundations theory (MFT). This approach conceptualizes moral systems as networks, with moral beliefs represented as nodes connected by direct relations. As such, it advances a novel test of MFT’s claim that liberals and conservatives have different systems of ...
Turner-Zwinkels FM +3 more
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Moral foundations theory, political identity, and the depiction of morality in children's movies. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Children's movies often provide messages about morally appropriate and inappropriate conduct. In two studies, we draw on Moral Foundations Theory (MFT) to derive predictions about actual depictions of morality, and people's preferences for different ...
Rachel Gehman +2 more
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Who Cares If Not Supposed To? Moral Foundations, Consideration of Immediate Consequences, and Mask-Wearing Intentions After Revocation of the Legal Obligation To Do So [PDF]
Europe's Journal of PsychologyAfter two years of obligation to wear masks during the pandemic, in March 2022, the legal requirement was revoked for public spaces (except for medical facilities) in Poland.
Iwona Nowakowska
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The Advent of the COVID-19 Epidemic Did Not Affect Americans’ Endorsement of Moral Foundations [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Prior work has suggested that existential threats in the form of terror attacks may shift liberals’ reliance on moral foundations to more resemble those of conservatives.
Irina Vartanova +5 more
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Moral Foundations and Obesity: The Role of Binding vs. Individualizing Foundations in Shaping Weight Stigma [PDF]
International Review of Social PsychologyWeight stigma significantly affects the quality of life for individuals with obesity in Western societies. While previous research has used moral foundations theory to predict attitudes toward stigmatized groups, such as the poor, immigrants, and sexual ...
Cristian Catena-Fernández +1 more
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The Impact of the Moral Foundations Arguments on Early Adolescents
Ethics in Progress, 2021 The empirical research reported in this article is based on the Moral Foundations Theory proposed by J. Haidt. Objectives. The author examines the impact of moral foundations arguments on early adolescents’ moral judgments regarding violating moral rules
Kamila Stastna
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