RT Article
T1 Does Moral Identity Matter in Situational Action Theory? Some Evidence of Iranian Fans’ Cyberbullying Perpetration
JF International criminal justice review
VO 30
IS 4
SP 406
OP 420
A1 Kabiri, Saeed
A1 Samuels-Wortley, Kanika
A1 Gallupe, Owen
A1 Shadmanfaat, Seyyedeh Masoomeh (Shamila)
A2 Samuels-Wortley, Kanika
A2 Gallupe, Owen
A2 Shadmanfaat, Seyyedeh Masoomeh (Shamila)
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1787229823
AB Situational action theory (SAT) posits that morality plays a core role in determining whether situations are viewed as suitable for crime. However, little attention has been paid to moral identity, the degree to which a person considers morality to occupy a central position in their view of themselves. Using a convenience sample of Iranian soccer fans (N = 374), we test both the direct and moderated role of moral identity in explaining cyberbullying, an outcome that differs from most SAT research focusing on violent/property crime. We find that fans with a weaker moral identity tend to engage in more cyberbullying and that moral identity significantly interacts with a number of SAT-derived predictors (moral emotions, self-control, perceptual deterrence, and situational morality) in expected ways.
K1 Cyberbullying
K1 Moral Identity
K1 Morality
K1 Situational Action Theory
DO 10.1177/1057567720941584