Air Pollution Predicts Harsh Moral Judgment

Dados Bibliográficos

ID15465639
AutoresHongxia Li (0000-0002-5052-2742, Beijing Normal University, autor correspondente), Xue Wang (0009-0005-0215-9044, Chinese University of Hong Kong), Yafei Guo (0000-0002-8054-1856, Beijing Normal University), Zhansheng Chen (0000-0003-0873-3391, University of Hong Kong), Fei Teng (0000-0003-0371-1142, South China Normal University)
Ano2019
Volume16
Fascículo13
Páginas2276-2276
Data de publicação2019-06-27
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph16132276
PMID31252625
OpenAlexW2954449856
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas31

The present research recruited participants from China, which is suffering from serious air pollution, and examined whether air pollution would be associated with moral judgment and immoral behavioral intention. Study 1 ( n = 145) used the objective Air Quality Index to indicate the level of air pollution and found that it predicted harsh judgment on others' moral violations but did not predict judgment on others' non-moral negative behaviors or their own immoral behavioral intentions. Study 2 ( n = 90) asked participants either to recall a past experience of being exposed to air pollution or to recall a neutral experience and consistently found that air pollution only influenced judgment on moral violations. The findings also ruled out the feeling of threat or the trust of government as possible mediators in the relationship between air pollution and harsh moral judgment

Air pollution · Cognitive psychology · Feeling · Government (linguistics · Recall · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Pollution