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  • Secure attachment is linked to prosocial behavior.
  • The underlying psychological mechanisms require further investigation.

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  • To examine moral disengagement as a mediator between attachment and prosocial behavior.
  • To investigate the moderating role of moral identity in this relationship.

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  • Administered self-report questionnaires to 395 Chinese students.
  • Measured attachment, moral identity, moral disengagement, and prosocial behavior.

Main Results:

  • Secure attachment positively correlated with prosocial behavior.
  • Moral disengagement mediated the attachment-prosocial behavior link.
  • Moral identity moderated this mediation, strengthening it for high moral identity individuals.

Conclusions:

  • Moral disengagement and identity are key mediators/moderators in the attachment-prosocial behavior relationship.
  • Morality plays a crucial role in explaining how attachment influences prosociality.