Schön Sara-Marie, Daseking Monika
Developmental and Educational Psychology/Humanities and Social Sciences, Helmut-Schmidt-University (University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg), 22043 Hamburg, Germany.
Children (Basel). 2024 Jun 25;11(7):766. doi: 10.3390/children11070766.
Previous research has shown that moral emotions interact with self-control and unstructured socializing in explaining rule-breaking behavior. High levels of moral emotions appear to weaken the effects of both self-control and unstructured socializing, in explaining rule-breaking behavior. The current study examined whether these interactions also affect rule-breaking behavior that is explicitly committed with friends. In addition, three operationalizations of moral emotions were distinguished. Data were collected from = 169 adolescents (54% female; mean = 14.95 years; SD = 1.7) using a self-report questionnaire battery. Results indicate that high levels of anticipated emotions in moral conflicts (AEMC) attenuate the effect of low self-control on one's own rule-breaking behavior. In contrast, high levels of both guilt- and shame-proneness enhanced the effect of unstructured socializing on one's own and rule-breaking with friends. The limitations of the study, ideas for future research, and practical implications are also discussed.
先前的研究表明，道德情绪在解释违规行为时与自我控制和无组织的社交活动相互作用。高水平的道德情绪似乎会削弱自我控制和无组织社交活动在解释违规行为方面的作用。当前的研究考察了这些相互作用是否也会影响与朋友一起明确做出的违规行为。此外，还区分了道德情绪的三种操作化定义。使用一套自陈问卷从169名青少年（54%为女性；平均年龄=14.95岁；标准差=1.7）中收集数据。结果表明，道德冲突中的高水平预期情绪（AEMC）会减弱低自我控制对自身违规行为的影响。相比之下，高水平的内疚感和羞耻感倾向增强了无组织社交活动对自身以及与朋友一起违规行为的影响。研究的局限性、未来研究的思路以及实际意义也进行了讨论。
