Self-Control Moralization: The Role of Moral Identity and Moral Foundations in Young Adults
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Despite the morality and self-control relationship having been studied in the past, there is still not enough information about how different moral variables, and their possible interaction, affect self-control levels; especially when referring to young adulthood, a critical period for development of self-control and morality.Within the framework of self-control moralization, the current study aimed to explore whether self-control scores were affected by levels of moral identity and binding-individualizing foundations through early adulthood.Data were obtained by an online survey from a non-probabilistic sample (n=626) of young adults from Bolivia.Having found significant correlations between variables, hypotheses were tested employing t-tests and an ANCOVA, with age as a covariate.Findings showed that binding foundations, moral identity, age and the interaction between moral identity and both types of moral foundations had a significant effect on self-control scores and marginal means, with small to moderate effect sizes.Finally, finding's implications within the theoretical framework of self-control moralization are discussed.
Authors: Dayanne Orellana, Eric Roth
Institution: Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402391394