Hu Xiaomeng, Chen Sylvia Xiaohua, Zhang Li, Yu Feng, Peng Kaiping, Liu Li
Department of Psychology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.
Front Psychol. 2018 Nov 6;9:1799. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01799. eCollection 2018.
Dramatic cultural change has occurred in Mainland China over the past four decades, yet little is known about how this cultural shift impacts Chinese peoples' moral values. The present research aims to fill this gap by examining whether Chinese traditional and modern cultures influence young adults' moral judgments. Study 1 investigated the relation between psychological traditionality/modernity and moral concerns. Results indicated that participants who strongly endorsed Chinese traditional culture prioritize relationship concern rather than justice concern. Study 2 used the cultural priming method and tested the effects of traditional and modern icons on moral concerns. Results suggested that participants who were primed with traditional or modern or neutral icons did not give priority to relationship or justice concern. Together, our findings provide initial empirical evidence on whether Chinese traditional and modern cultures shift the moral mindsets of bicultural young Chinese among alternative (and even competing) moral codes.
在过去的四十年里，中国大陆发生了巨大的文化变革，但对于这种文化转变如何影响中国人的道德价值观，我们却知之甚少。本研究旨在通过考察中国传统文化和现代文化是否影响年轻人的道德判断来填补这一空白。研究1调查了心理传统性/现代性与道德关注之间的关系。结果表明，强烈认同中国传统文化的参与者更注重关系关注而非正义关注。研究2采用文化启动法，测试传统和现代标志对道德关注的影响。结果表明，被传统、现代或中性标志启动的参与者并没有优先考虑关系或正义关注。总之，我们的研究结果为中国传统文化和现代文化是否会在多元（甚至相互竞争）的道德准则中改变双文化中国年轻人的道德思维模式提供了初步的实证证据。
