Validation of the Moral Foundations Questionnaire with three Chinese ethnic groups

被引:10
作者
Du, Jun [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Shaanxi Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, 199 Changan Rd, Xian 710062, Shaanxi, Peoples R China
[2] Longdong Univ, Sch Educ, Qingyang, Peoples R China
来源
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY | 2019年 / 47卷 / 08期
关键词
moral foundations theory; Moral Foundations Questionnaire; ethnic groups; ethnicity; culture; morality; VALIDITY;
D O I
10.2224/sbp.8009
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Moral foundations theory is claimed to be universally applicable and is classified into 5 foundations of morality: care/harm, fairness/cheating, loyalty/betrayal, respect/subversion, and purity/degradation. This theory has not been tested in the Eastern cultural context. Therefore, in this study I addressed this lack in the context of China, where there are people of a number of different ethnicities. I adopted the Moral Foundations Questionnaire, which was completed by 761 Chinese of Han, Uygur, and Tibetan ethnicity. The results show that there was no gender difference in morality foundation scores, but the differences among ethnic groups were significant: Tibetans scored lower than did Han and Uygur in care and fairness, and Uygur scored higher than Han and Tibetans did in loyalty, respect, and purity. The interactions between gender and ethnic group were significant for care, fairness, and respect. These findings suggest that moral foundations theory is applicable to China, that the Moral Foundations Questionnaire can also be partially applied to Chinese, and that ethnicity is an influential factor when people make moral judgments.
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