A Lack of Material Resources Causes Harsher Moral Judgments

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 702-710

  Pitesa, Marko ^a   Thau, Stefan ^b  

^a GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

income; material resources; moral judgments; moral psychology; moral transgressions; morality; poverty; threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORALITY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896899606     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613514092     Document Type: Article

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