Resisting temptation for the good of the group
Binding moral values and the moralization of self-control
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6202380 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marlon Mooijman (0000-0002-3388-9120, University of Southern California), Peter Meindl (0000-0002-2686-3723, University of Pennsylvania), Daphna Oyserman (0000-0002-2727-2167, University of Southern California), John Monterosso (0000-0002-5613-3182, University of Southern California), Morteza Dehghani (0000-0002-9478-4365, University of Southern California), John M Doris (0000-0003-3517-0096, Washington University in St. Louis), J Graham (0000-0001-8863-7978, University of Southern California) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 115 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 585-599 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/pspp0000149 |
| PMID | 28604018 |
| OpenAlex | W2625255337 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 39 |
| References cited | 46 |
When do people see self-control as a moral issue? We hypothesize that the group-focused "binding" moral values of Loyalty/betrayal, Authority/subversion, and Purity/degradation play a particularly important role in this moralization process. Nine studies provide support for this prediction. First, moralization of self-control goals (e.g., losing weight, saving money) is more strongly associated with endorsing binding moral values than with endorsing individualizing moral values (Care/harm, Fairness/cheating). Second, binding moral values mediate the effect of other group-focused predictors of self-control moralization, including conservatism, religiosity, and collectivism. Third, guiding participants to consider morality as centrally about binding moral values increases moralization of self-control more than guiding participants to consider morality as centrally about individualizing moral values. Fourth, we replicate our core finding that moralization of self-control is associated with binding moral values across studies differing in measures and design-whether we measure the relationship between moral and self-control language across time, the perceived moral relevance of self-control behaviors, or the moral condemnation of self-control failures. Taken together, our findings suggest that self-control moralization is primarily group-oriented and is sensitive to group-oriented cues. (PsycINFO Database Record
Dishonesty · Moral development · Moral disengagement · Morality · Self-control · Social cognitive theory of morality · Temptation · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 39 |