Testing a Social-Cognitive Model of Moral Behavior: The Interactive Influence of Situations and Moral Identity Centrality

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-141

  Aquino, Karl ^a   Freeman, Dan ^b   Reed II, Americus ^c   Lim, Vivien K G ^d   Felps, Will ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

identity; moral identity; morality; prosocial behavior; social cognitive theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CUES; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INTENTION; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MORALS; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650401464     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015406     Document Type: Article

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