Conformism Moderates the Relations Between Values, Anticipated Regret, and Behavior

Lönnqvist, Jan–Erik; Leikas, Sointu; Paunonen, Sampo V.; Nissinen, Vesa; Verkasalo, Markku

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“…In this sense, because conformism may not be at all times oriented to the values of the larger society, conformist behavior does not necessarily equate to law-abiding behavior. Several studies show the importance of group norms and individual susceptibility to such norms on a wide array of risky or harmful-even criminal-behaviors (Hargreaves Heap 2014; Lewis et al 2007;Lönnqvist et al 2006;McGloin, Sullivan, and Thomas 2014;Patacchini and Zenou 2012;Perkins 2014).…”

Section: Conformity To the Behavior And Views Of Others And To Socialmentioning

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Social Concern and Delinquency: An Empirical Assessment of a Novel Theory

2016

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Section: Conformity To the Behavior And Views Of Others And To Socialmentioning

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Social Concern and Delinquency: An Empirical Assessment of a Novel Theory

2016

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“…Values predict a variety of decisions and behaviours (Bardi & Schwartz, 2003; Lonnqvist, Leikas, Paunonen, Nissinen & Verkasalo, 2006; Sagiv, Sverdlik, & Schwarz, in press; Schwartz, 1996; Verplanken & Holland, 2002). Therefore, by affecting the situations and activities in which people are engaged, values affect the context in which people become conflicted.…”

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The Content of Internal Conflicts: A Personal Values Perspective

Sverdlik

2012

Eur J Pers

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This paper highlights the importance of considering two facets of the content of internal conflicts: The concrete subject theme of the conflict and the abstract motivations that people perceive as being conflicted (e.g. values implicated in the conflict). The paper demonstrates how personal value priorities contribute to the understanding of internal conflicts. In two studies I examined the relationship between values and the content of internal conflicts. In Study 1 (N = 250), students described a central conflict that they were experiencing and analysed the values they perceived as opposing in their conflict. Results indicated that the reported conflicts were usually between values not conceptualized as motivationally opposite to each other. Furthermore, personal value priorities were related to the values implicated in the conflict both directly and indirectly by their effect on the themes of the conflicts. In Study 2 (N = 230), working parents analysed the values they perceive as coming in conflict in two work–family dilemmas. Findings supported the premise that values explain individual differences in the motivational meaning attributed to a conflict even when the conflict theme is held constant. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…The reason for this is that normative behaviours are more likely to be guided by social forces than by the individual's personal values. However, recent research has added the important qualification that, at least in the domain of values research, the phenomenon is true primarily of people high in conformism values (Lönnqvist, Leikas, Paunonen, Nissinen, & Verkasalo, 2006).…”

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The moderating effect of conformism values on the relations between other personal values, social norms, moral obligation, and single altruistic behaviours

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British J Social Psychol

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Three studies predicted and found that the individual's conformism values are one determinant of whether behaviour is guided by other personal values or by social norms. In Study 1 (N=50), pro-gay law reform participants were told they were either in a minority or a majority in terms of their attitude towards the law reform. Only participants who were high in conformism values conformed to the group norm on public behaviour intentions. In studies 2 (N=42) and 3 (N=734), participants played multiple choice prisoner's dilemma games with monetary incentives. Only participants who considered conformism values to be relatively unimportant showed the expected connections between universalism values and altruistic behaviour. Study 3 also established that the moderating effect of conformism values on the relation between universalism values and altruistic behaviour was mediated through experienced sense of moral obligation.

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Conformism Moderates the Relations Between Values, Anticipated Regret, and Behavior

Cited by 76 publications

References 40 publications

Social Concern and Delinquency: An Empirical Assessment of a Novel Theory

Social Concern and Delinquency: An Empirical Assessment of a Novel Theory

The Content of Internal Conflicts: A Personal Values Perspective

The moderating effect of conformism values on the relations between other personal values, social norms, moral obligation, and single altruistic behaviours

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