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Alshaalan, H. and Gummerum, Michaela (2022) Conformity on moral, social conventional, and decency issues in the United Kingdom and Kuwait. International Journal of Psychology, 57 (2). pp. 261-270. doi:10.1002/ijop.12808 ISSN 0020-7594.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12808
Abstract
Theories in moral psychology have debated whether people’s moral judgments are influenced by social processes, such as others’ opinions, arguments, and actions. This research investigated conformity with moral, social-conventional, and decency issues in adults from the United Kingdom (Study 1, N = 50) and Kuwait (Study 2, N = 164). Participants first had to make individual judgments regarding moral, social-conventional, and decency transgressions. Using a conformity paradigm with low social presence, five to ten days afterwards participants were presented with the judgments of a more permissive majority. British participants conformed to the majority for decency, and to a lesser extent moral, transgressions. Kuwaiti participants conformed across domains. Furthermore, females in Kuwait conformed more than males. These findings are discussed with reference to the influence of cultural, moral and gender norms on conformity. Furthermore, we consider the contributions of these findings in light of theories of moral judgment and conformity.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Conduct of life -- Great Britain, Conduct of life -- Kuwait, Judgment (Ethics) -- Great Britain, Judgment (Ethics) -- Kuwait, Conformity -- Great Britain, Conformity - Kuwait | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Psychology | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0020-7594 | ||||||||
Official Date: | April 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 57 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 261-270 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1002/ijop.12808 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Alshaalan, H. and Gummerum, M. (2021), Conformity on moral, social conventional and decency issues in the United Kingdom and Kuwait. Int J Psychol. which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12808. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 September 2021 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 23 September 2023 | ||||||||
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