Does Moral Identity Matter in Situational Action Theory? Some Evidence of Iranian Fans’ Cyberbullying Perpetration

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 themselv...

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Autores principales: Kabiri, Saeed (Autor) ; Samuels-Wortley, Kanika (Autor) ; Gallupe, Owen (Autor) ; Shadmanfaat, Seyyedeh Masoomeh (Shamila) (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: [2020]
En: International criminal justice review
Año: 2020, Volumen: 30, Número: 4, Páginas: 406-420
Acceso en línea: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Palabras clave:
Cyberbullying
Moral Identity
Morality
Situational Action Theory
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Sumario: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.
ISSN:1556-3855
DOI:10.1177/1057567720941584