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Conservatives’ Moral Foundations Are More Densely Connected Than Liberals’ Moral Foundations

We use network psychometrics to map a subsection of moral belief systems predicted by moral foundations theory (MFT). This approach conceptualizes moral systems as networks, with moral beliefs represented as nodes connected by direct relations. As such, it advances a novel test of MFT’s claim that l...

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Autores principales: Turner-Zwinkels, Felicity M., Johnson, Branden B., Sibley, Chris G., Brandt, Mark J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8164548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32452297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167220916070
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description We use network psychometrics to map a subsection of moral belief systems predicted by moral foundations theory (MFT). This approach conceptualizes moral systems as networks, with moral beliefs represented as nodes connected by direct relations. As such, it advances a novel test of MFT’s claim that liberals and conservatives have different systems of foundational moral values, which we test in three large datasets (N(Sample1) = 854; N(Sample2) = 679; N(Sample3) = 2,572), from two countries (the United States and New Zealand). Results supported our first hypothesis that liberals’ moral systems show more segregation between individualizing and binding foundations than conservatives. Results showed only weak support for our second hypothesis, that this pattern would be more typical of higher educated than less educated liberals/conservatives. Findings support a systems approach to MFT and show the value of modeling moral belief systems as networks.
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spelling pubmed-81645482021-06-09 Conservatives’ Moral Foundations Are More Densely Connected Than Liberals’ Moral Foundations Turner-Zwinkels, Felicity M. Johnson, Branden B. Sibley, Chris G. Brandt, Mark J. Pers Soc Psychol Bull Articles We use network psychometrics to map a subsection of moral belief systems predicted by moral foundations theory (MFT). This approach conceptualizes moral systems as networks, with moral beliefs represented as nodes connected by direct relations. As such, it advances a novel test of MFT’s claim that liberals and conservatives have different systems of foundational moral values, which we test in three large datasets (N(Sample1) = 854; N(Sample2) = 679; N(Sample3) = 2,572), from two countries (the United States and New Zealand). Results supported our first hypothesis that liberals’ moral systems show more segregation between individualizing and binding foundations than conservatives. Results showed only weak support for our second hypothesis, that this pattern would be more typical of higher educated than less educated liberals/conservatives. Findings support a systems approach to MFT and show the value of modeling moral belief systems as networks. SAGE Publications 2020-05-26 2021-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8164548/ /pubmed/32452297 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167220916070 Text en © 2020 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Conservatives’ Moral Foundations Are More Densely Connected Than Liberals’ Moral Foundations
title Conservatives’ Moral Foundations Are More Densely Connected Than Liberals’ Moral Foundations
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title_fullStr Conservatives’ Moral Foundations Are More Densely Connected Than Liberals’ Moral Foundations
title_full_unstemmed Conservatives’ Moral Foundations Are More Densely Connected Than Liberals’ Moral Foundations
title_short Conservatives’ Moral Foundations Are More Densely Connected Than Liberals’ Moral Foundations
title_sort conservatives’ moral foundations are more densely connected than liberals’ moral foundations
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8164548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32452297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167220916070
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