Priming family values: How being a parent affects moral evaluations of harmless but offensive acts

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1160-1163

  Eibach, Richard P ^a   Libby, Lisa K ^b   Ehrlinger, Joyce ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Moral judgment; Parenthood; Role priming

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049097007     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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