Okan Nesrullah
Department of Educational Sciences, Guidance and Psychological Counseling, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey.
Brain Behav. 2025 May;15(5):e70506. doi: 10.1002/brb3.70506.
The objective of this study is to examine the moderating role of willpower, conceptualized as a personality trait, in the relationship between social influence and moral disengagement towards migrants. The mediating role of spiritual contradiction is also investigated to understand the interplay between individual traits, moral contradictions, and external social pressures.
Data were collected from 720 participants using validated self-report measures. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to test the proposed relationships among social influence, moral disengagement, spiritual contradiction, and willpower. Moderation and mediation analyses were conducted to evaluate the hypothesized model.
The findings reveal that social influence significantly predicts moral disengagement. This relationship is partially mediated by spiritual contradiction, which amplifies disengagement by reflecting tensions between internal moral values and external norms. In addition, the study found that willpower moderates this relationship by reducing the negative impact of social influence on moral disengagement. Individuals with higher levels of willpower demonstrate greater resistance to moral disengagement and maintain moral consistency despite external pressures and moral contradictions.
This study underlines the pivotal function of personality traits and spiritual dimensions in shaping moral processes. The findings have practical applications for ethical education and interventions designed to enhance moral resilience in varied social contexts.
本研究旨在探讨被概念化为一种人格特质的意志力在社会影响与对移民的道德脱离关系中的调节作用。还研究了精神矛盾的中介作用，以了解个体特质、道德矛盾和外部社会压力之间的相互作用。
使用经过验证的自我报告测量方法从720名参与者那里收集数据。采用结构方程模型（SEM）来检验社会影响、道德脱离、精神矛盾和意志力之间的拟议关系。进行了调节和中介分析以评估假设模型。
研究结果表明，社会影响显著预测道德脱离。这种关系部分由精神矛盾介导，精神矛盾通过反映内部道德价值观与外部规范之间的紧张关系来加剧脱离。此外，研究发现意志力通过减少社会影响对道德脱离的负面影响来调节这种关系。意志力水平较高的个体表现出对道德脱离的更大抵抗力，尽管存在外部压力和道德矛盾，但仍保持道德一致性。
本研究强调了人格特质和精神维度在塑造道德过程中的关键作用。这些发现对于旨在在不同社会背景下增强道德恢复力的道德教育和干预措施具有实际应用价值。
