Bandura et al., 1996 - Security Constructs

Bandura et al., 1996: Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement in the Exercise of Moral Agency.

Topic:

The study examined the structure and impact of moral disengagement on detrimental conduct and the psychological processes through which it exerts its effects. Path analyses reveal that moral disengagement fosters detrimental conduct by reducing prosocialness and anticipatory self-censure and by promoting cognitive and affective reactions conducive to aggression. The structure of the paths of influence is very similar for interpersonal aggression and delinquent conduct. Although the various mechanisms of moral disengagement operate in concert, moral reconstruals of harmful conduct by linking it to worthy purposes and vilification of victims seem to contribute most heavily to engagement in detrimental activities.

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Constructs in this publication:

Construct	Cites	Category	Questions given?	Content validity	Pretests	Response type
Moral Disengagement	NEW		yes	none	pilot	3-point likert scales
physical and verbal aggression	Caprara et al., 1994	Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior	no	no	pilot	3-point likert scales
Prosocial behavior	Caprara et al., 1994	Aggressive and Prosocial Behavior	no	no	pilot	3-point likert scales
hostile rumination	Caprara et al., 1985, Caprara et al., 1983, Caprara et al., 1984, Caprara et al., 1986	Affective and Cognitive Aspects of Aggression	no	no	pilot	3-point likert scales
irascibility	Caprara et al., 1985, Caprara et al., 1983, Caprara et al., 1984, Caprara et al., 1986	Affective and Cognitive Aspects of Aggression	no	no	pilot	3-point likert scales
guilt and restitution	NEW?	Self-Sanctions for Transgressive Behavior	no	no	pilot	3-point likert scales
Delinquent Behavior	Achenbach et al., 1987		no	no	pilot	3-point likert scales

This publication is cited by the following publications:

D'Arcy et al., 2014: moral disengagement

Citation:

Albert Bandura, Claudio Barbaranelli, Gian Caprara, and Concetta Pastorelli. Mechanisms of moral disengagement in the exercise of moral agency. Journal of personality & social psychology, 71(2):364–374, 1996.

Bibtex


@article{bandura_mechanisms_1996,
 author = {Bandura, Albert and Barbaranelli, Claudio and Caprara, Gian and Pastorelli, Concetta},
 issn = {0022-3514},
 journal = {Journal of personality \& social psychology},
 number = {2},
 pages = {364-374},
 title = {Mechanisms of Moral Disengagement in the Exercise of Moral Agency.},
 volume = {71},
 year = {1996}
}