Candolle, Aliénor B.H. de (2023) Moral Convictions and Helping Behavior: The Role of Perspective-Taking. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Moral convictions reflect people’s core beliefs about right and wrong and have crucial societal and political consequences. Indeed, previous research has found that moral convictions predict several types of activism, such as helping behavior. Especially, a study found that moral conviction is associated with outgroup helping in the context of the refugee crisis in 2015. However, we know little about the operating mechanisms of moral conviction regarding how it predicts helping behavior towards outgroups. We suggest that perspective- taking is associated with outgroup helping and that it would make the relationship between moral conviction and outgroup helping stronger. We tested the hypotheses by conducting an online correlational study using the context of the Afghanistan refugee crisis (N = 248). The sample consisted of Americans. Results showed that moral conviction is associated with helping behavior, but perspective-taking was not linked to outgroup helping and did not moderate the relationship between moral convictions and perspective-taking. Theoretical implications are discussed.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Figueiredo Leal, A.L. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2023 09:03 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2023 09:03 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2449 |
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