Hart William, Kinrade Charlotte, Lambert Joshua T, Breeden Christopher J, Witt Danielle E
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, USA.
J Pers Assess. 2023 Nov-Dec;105(6):743-751. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2022.2152346. Epub 2022 Dec 12.
People's commitment to moral principles affects how they self-regulate and directs people down different ethical paths. The Integrity Scale was designed to assess the strength of people's commitment to moral principles. Here, we sought to contribute to evaluating the construct validity of the Integrity Scale. We related the scale to various theoretically relevant criteria including low antagonism features, social-cognitive foundations for morality, self-control, rationality, and self-presentation behavior. Suggestive of the scale's construct validity, the present research showed that scores on the Integrity Scale related to (a) reduced antagonistic-personality features relevant to exploitation and dishonesty more so than immodesty, tough-heartedness, fearlessness, or cynicism; (b) enhanced social-cognitive skills (e.g., cognitive empathy processes); (c) enhanced self-control; (d) enhanced capacities for and reliance on rationality in decision making (e.g., intelligence and cognitive-reflection skill); and (e) enhanced reliance on self-presentation tactics that portray an identity based in high levels of integrity.
人们对道德原则的坚守会影响他们的自我约束方式，并引导人们走上不同的道德道路。正直量表旨在评估人们对道德原则的坚守程度。在此，我们力图为评估正直量表的结构效度做出贡献。我们将该量表与各种理论上相关的标准联系起来，包括低对抗性特征、道德的社会认知基础、自我控制、理性以及自我呈现行为。本研究表明正直量表得分与以下方面相关，这暗示了该量表的结构效度：(a) 与剥削和不诚实相关的对抗性人格特征减少，比与不谦虚、铁石心肠、无畏或愤世嫉俗相关的特征减少得更多；(b) 社会认知技能增强（例如，认知共情过程）；(c) 自我控制增强；(d) 决策中理性能力和对理性的依赖增强（例如，智力和认知反思技能）；(e) 对基于高度正直的身份呈现策略的依赖增强。
