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Daily moral identity: Linkages with integrity and compassion.
Tobias Krettenauer1, Jean Paul Lefebvre1, Sam A Hardy2
1Department of Psychology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Journal of Personality
|November 13, 2021
Summary
Moral identity stability shows more between-person variability than daily fluctuations. Feelings of integrity and compassion correlate more with stable moral identity traits than daily states.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Social Psychology
- Moral Psychology
Background:
- Moral identity, the self-importance of moral traits, influences behavior.
- Understanding the stability and fluctuation of moral identity is crucial for psychological theory.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the stable (trait) and fluctuating (state) components of moral identity.
- To examine the relationship between daily moral identity and feelings of integrity and compassion.
Main Methods:
- 138 participants reported daily on the importance of honesty, fairness, and caring for 50 days.
- Hierarchical linear modeling decomposed variability into between- and within-person factors.
- Analyzed correlations between daily moral identity and self-reported integrity and compassion.
Main Results:
- Moral identity showed greater between-person variability (64%) than within-person variability (36%).
- Integrity and compassion were more strongly correlated with stable, inter-individual moral identity than with daily, intra-individual fluctuations.
Conclusions:
- Moral identity possesses both stable (trait-like) and dynamic (state-like) characteristics.
- It can be conceptualized as a characteristic adaptation, reflecting both enduring qualities and situational influences.
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