Tainting the soul: Purity concerns predict moral judgments of suicide

Cognition

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 217-226

  Rottman, Joshua ^a   Kelemen, Deborah ^a   Young, Liane ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disgust; Harm; Morality; Purity; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DECISION MAKING; DISGUST; EMOTION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; VICTIM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; RELIGION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890059700     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2013.11.007     Document Type: Article

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