Vaštová, Kateřina (2024) Examining the Effect of Exposure to Social Harm on Moral Disapproval and Perceived Harm, and the Moderating Role of Moral Identity. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
In this thesis I question if the individual exposure to the threat of social harm could influence the differences in interpretation of ambiguously harmful social interactions. Specifically, if it affects perceived harm and moral disapproval. I hypothesized that a) exposure would lead to higher perceived harm and moral disapproval b) higher level of internalized moral identity will strengthen the relationship between exposure, perceived harm and moral disapproval. I used an online vignette-based experiment, randomly assigning participants either to the experimental or control condition. In experimental condition they were exposed to the threat of social harm in the form of social safety campaign, and in control they were not exposed to any stimuli. Then I measured participants’ evaluations of two unrelated vignettes, showing ambiguous social harm. One vignette was about social exclusion, while one was about inappropriate comments in the workplace. Differences in outcomes of vignette dealing with social exclusion were not significant between conditions. For vignette dealing with inappropriate comments, exposure to social safety condition was associated with higher moral disapproval (p = 0.03; d = .299). Internalized moral identity did not moderate the relationship. The results are inconclusive, but subject to limitations due to the measures and materials used.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Graso, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2024 11:15 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2024 11:15 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4008 |
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