Morality and self-control: the role of binding and individualizing moral motives

The notion that morality and self-control are linked is deeply rooted in Western scholarly and religious traditions, yet few studies have examined this notion empirically. To fill this gap, we employ a pluralistic moral framework and data from four independently gathered samples to examine the relat...

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Autor principal: Silver, Eric (Autor)
Otros Autores: Silver, Jasmine R.
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2021
En: Deviant behavior
Año: 2021, Volumen: 42, Número: 3, Páginas: 366-385
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Sumario:The notion that morality and self-control are linked is deeply rooted in Western scholarly and religious traditions, yet few studies have examined this notion empirically. To fill this gap, we employ a pluralistic moral framework and data from four independently gathered samples to examine the relationship between morality and self-control. We hypothesize that people with higher levels of morality (measured as individualizing and binding moral motives) will exhibit higher levels of self-control, and that these moral motives will mediate the association between prior socialization and self-control. Consistent with our hypotheses, we find that the individualizing moral motive is positively associated with self-control, net of demographic and parenting measures, and that it mediates the association between prior socialization and self-control. However, contrary to our hypotheses, we find that the binding moral motive is inversely associated with self-control. These divergent results, found across four data sets, indicate that the relationship between morality and self-control is more complex than previously understood, and highlight the importance of expanding the conceptualization of morality to include both individualizing and binding moral motives in order for a more complete understanding of the relationship between morality and self-control to be obtained.
Notas:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 380-382
ISSN:1521-0456
DOI:10.1080/01639625.2019.1678580