The Psychology of Moral Conviction

By Linda J. Skitka. 2010

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Information Systems and Management, Sociology and Political Science

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Character: The Prospects for a Personality-Based Perspective on Morality (2014, background): “…self-concept; Aquino, Freeman, Reed, Lim, & Felps, 2009; Maclean, Walker, & Matsuba, 2004) and moral conviction (the strength of one’s moral beliefs, Skitka, 2010) suggest that individual differences in moral character are instantiated within social-cognitive mechanisms, at both implicit and…”
The Social and Political Implications of Moral Conviction (2014, background): “…strategy masks the fact that there often is considerable variation across people in the degree to which they see a given issue—even “usual suspects” such as same-sex marriage and abortion—as something that resonates with their personal sense of morality (see for reviews Skitka, 2010; in press).”
Integrating who “we” are with what “we” (will not) stand for: A further extension of the Social Identity Model of Collective Action (2018, methodology): “Furthermore, this work assumed (but did not test) that individuals often respond to perceived violations of their convictions, which triggers a strong need to protect them (Skitka, 2010), for instance through collective action.”
Psychological Features of Extreme Political Ideologies (2019, background): “Strong moral convictions consistently decrease people’s ability to compromise and even increase a willingness to use violence to reach ideological goals (Skitka, 2010).”
Extreme Political Beliefs Predict Dogmatic Intolerance (2017, background): “The core of our theoretical argument is that the more strongly people endorse a certain political belief, the less willing they are to tolerate dissent regarding the topic in question (see also Skitka, 2010; Skitka, Baumann, & Sargis, 2005; Wright, Cullum, & Schwab, 2008).”
When Do Ethical Leaders Become Less Effective? The Moderating Role of Perceived Leader Ethical Conviction on Employee Discretionary Reactions to Ethical Leadership (2019, background): “…prevailing insights on ethical leadership by drawing from the group engagement model (Tyler and Blader 2003) and the moral conviction literature (Skitka 2010; Skitka and Mullen 2002) will thus help refine our theoretical understanding of ethical leadership functioning and offer important…”
Emotions and Emotion Regulation in Intractable Conflict: Studying Emotional Processes Within a Unique Context (2015, background): “…conflict resolution processes; reduce the facility and even likelihood of reaching agreement on conflict resolution processes with others who do not share one’s positions; and increase intolerance, prejudice, and social distance from attitudinallydissimilar others (for a review, see Skitka, 2010).”
Making it moral: Merely labeling an attitude as moral increases its strength (2016, background): “When people claim that an attitude of theirs is grounded in core moral beliefs, that attitude tends to be relatively consequential (Skitka, 2010; Skitka, Bauman, & Sargis, 2005).”
Building a Tower of Babel? Integrating Core Motivations and Features of Social Structure into the Political Psychology of Political Action (2016, background): “This fits with a broader view on the motivational power of core values in social psychology (Haidt, 2012; Skitka, 2010; Tetlock et al., 2000), which I refer to here as “moral motivation.””