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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Moral Conviction"”.
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Changing polarized beliefs using social consensus and moral conviction
… many polarized beliefs are held with moral convicon, which has been associated with increased resistance to social consensus, however, this relationship has not been experimentally tested. In this thesis, I empirically test how manipulation of social consensus affects support for …
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The Right Thing to Do: Moral Conviction Associated with Reducing Economic Inequality Predicts Support for Redistributive Policies
… economic inequality can be experienced with moral conviction (i.e., perceived as rooted in one’s core beliefs about right and wrong). This, in turn, can motivate support for redistribution. In Study 1, reducing economic inequality moral conviction scores were comparable to other highly …
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The Affective Consequences of Expressing Moral Convictions
… the affective consequences of expressing moral convictions to an opposing majority. It was predicted that moral conviction would function as a buffer to the common negative emotions that occur when speaking out against majority opinion (e.g., fear; Asch, 1956; Berns, et al., 2005). It was …
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Putting morality to work: an investigation of moral reframing in the context of safe sex education and COVID-19 boosters
This dissertation examined whether moral reframing could increase support for COVID-19 boosters and safe sex education among conservative Christians, as well as the type of cognitive elaboration such messages elicit. Using a hybrid survey of self-identified Christian conservatives, the findings …
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Protesting conservation by protecting the environment: A case study from the Indian Himalayas
… decision is the natural realization of their moral conviction about the need to protect their environment – accentuated through participation in the movement itself. In this thesis, I examine the way that discourse can function within democratic politics to engender pro-environmental behavior, …
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Mellan klient och rättssystem : Tvångsvård av barn och unga ur socialsekreterares perspektiv
… for legal evidence that supported their personal moral conviction that compulsory care was in the best interest of the child. A second strategy was to use a problem focused argumentation in written assessments to make sure that the Court made the same assessment as the Social Services. A third …
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Gender Equity Agents: The Role of Morality and Social Influence on Individuals’ Promotion of Gender Equity at Work
… 3 examined the positive relation between GEAs’ moral convictions regarding gender equity and their engagement in GEPBs and tested a moderating factor – the sense of power – that was theorised as strengthening this relation. Using a scenario study based on two behavioural measures of GEPB (e.g., …