Explorations in Reported Moral Behaviors, Values, and Moral Emotions in Four Countries
University students (n = 758) from Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, and Portugal were given a list of morally relevant behaviors (MRB), the Schwartz Value Survey (PVQ40) and Tangney’s TOSCA, measuring empathic guilt, guilt over norm-breaking, and shame. A factor analysis of MRB yielded 4 dimensions: pros...
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| description | University students (n = 758) from Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, and Portugal were given a list of morally relevant behaviors (MRB), the Schwartz Value Survey (PVQ40) and Tangney’s TOSCA, measuring empathic guilt, guilt over norm-breaking, and shame. A factor analysis of MRB yielded 4 dimensions: prosocial behaviors, interpersonal transgressions, antisocial behaviors and secret transgressions. Prosocial behaviors were predicted by self-transcendence–self-enhancement (SET) value contrast only while the three transgression categories were associated with both SET and openness to change–conservation (hedonism–conformity) contrast. Norm-breaking guilt was more strongly associated with behaviors than were empathic guilt and shame. However, shame was (positively) associated with secret transgressions in three countries, after controlling for values. The associations were strongest in Bulgaria and Estonia while fewer associations were found in Finland and Portugal. The implications of the findings for the cross-cultural psychology of morality are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bdb0f7a36c6a4188b4995668c44f5a412022-12-21T22:32:08ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-04-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.661172661172Explorations in Reported Moral Behaviors, Values, and Moral Emotions in Four CountriesLiisa Myyry0Klaus Helkama1Mia Silfver-Kuhalampi2Kristina Petkova3Joaquim Pires Valentim4Kadi Liik5Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FinlandInstitute of Philosophy and Sociology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, BulgariaFaculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, PortugalSchool of Natural Sciences and Health, Tallinn University, Tallinn, EstoniaUniversity students (n = 758) from Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, and Portugal were given a list of morally relevant behaviors (MRB), the Schwartz Value Survey (PVQ40) and Tangney’s TOSCA, measuring empathic guilt, guilt over norm-breaking, and shame. A factor analysis of MRB yielded 4 dimensions: prosocial behaviors, interpersonal transgressions, antisocial behaviors and secret transgressions. Prosocial behaviors were predicted by self-transcendence–self-enhancement (SET) value contrast only while the three transgression categories were associated with both SET and openness to change–conservation (hedonism–conformity) contrast. Norm-breaking guilt was more strongly associated with behaviors than were empathic guilt and shame. However, shame was (positively) associated with secret transgressions in three countries, after controlling for values. The associations were strongest in Bulgaria and Estonia while fewer associations were found in Finland and Portugal. The implications of the findings for the cross-cultural psychology of morality are discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.661172/fullguiltmoral behaviorsecretsshamevalues |
| spellingShingle | Liisa Myyry Klaus Helkama Mia Silfver-Kuhalampi Kristina Petkova Joaquim Pires Valentim Kadi Liik Explorations in Reported Moral Behaviors, Values, and Moral Emotions in Four Countries Frontiers in Psychology guilt moral behavior secrets shame values |
| title | Explorations in Reported Moral Behaviors, Values, and Moral Emotions in Four Countries |
| title_full | Explorations in Reported Moral Behaviors, Values, and Moral Emotions in Four Countries |
| title_fullStr | Explorations in Reported Moral Behaviors, Values, and Moral Emotions in Four Countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Explorations in Reported Moral Behaviors, Values, and Moral Emotions in Four Countries |
| title_short | Explorations in Reported Moral Behaviors, Values, and Moral Emotions in Four Countries |
| title_sort | explorations in reported moral behaviors values and moral emotions in four countries |
| topic | guilt moral behavior secrets shame values |
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