Laporte, Roman, de (2022) Let’s Talk Absolut: The Effect of Group Interactions on Attitude Moralization via Perceived Dyadic Harm. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Many highly-polarized societal debates, where opinions are situated far apart, become entrenched and difficult to solve. Recently, a growing body of research has investigated moralized attitudes to explain this phenomenon. In contribution to this framework, we shed light on the involvement of group interactions in the process of moralization. Specifically, we developed a longitudinal study in which we assessed the participants in two waves leading to the presidential elections 2020 in America (N = 303). In this context, we tested the hypotheses that (1) the attitude diversity within group discussions (i.e., discussion heterogeneity) predicts moralization of the same attitudes and (2) that this relationship is mediated by dyadic harm. The results showed support for both hypotheses. These findings imply that people with a more homogeneous attitudinal discussion network perceive stronger dyadic harm, leading to the development of a moral conviction. Taken together, our study suggests that moralization does not happen in a social vacuum and research investigating the prediction of moralization should include or control for social factors within their work. Directions for further research in this topic should include an experimental measurement of discussion heterogeneity to establish a causal relationship with moralization.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Koudenburg, N. and Amore, Chantal, D |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Applied Social Psychology (ASP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2022 08:43 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2022 07:38 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/114 |
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