Moral chronicity and social information processing: Tests of a social cognitive approach to the moral personality

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 966-985

  Narvaez, Darcia ^a   Lapsley, Daniel K ^b   Hagele, Scott ^a   Lasky, Benjamin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic accessibility; Chronicity; Moral development; Moral identity; Moral personality; Moral schemas; Narrative comprehension; Social cognitive; Social information processing; Text comprehension

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750811132     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: 10957251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrp.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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