Connections between moral psychology and intimate partner violence: Can IPV be read through moral psychology?

Jiménez, María Luisa Vecina; Marzana, Daniela; Paruzel‐Czachura, Mariola

doi:10.1016/j.avb.2015.04.013

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“…Within our study, many of the acts of violence were judged to be reactive (69%), rather than instrumental or offensive aggression (30%) and primarily concerned injustice and betrayal, which may differ within other cultures or populations. Moral cognition represents a unifying construct for many forms of violence including gender-based violence [85], cultural differences [86, 87] and aspects of psychopathology other than psychosis [86]. Recent research on the specific topic of gender-based violence has found that men convicted of domestic violence have a high moral self-concept and a sacred vision of the five moral foundations [85].…”

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“…Moral cognition represents a unifying construct for many forms of violence including gender-based violence [85], cultural differences [86, 87] and aspects of psychopathology other than psychosis [86]. Recent research on the specific topic of gender-based violence has found that men convicted of domestic violence have a high moral self-concept and a sacred vision of the five moral foundations [85]. The potential resolution of these two paradoxes as outlined above may be regarded as a strength of the theory that moral cognition is an important mediator between psychotic symptoms and acts of violence.…”

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Moral cognition, the missing link between psychotic symptoms and acts of violence: a cross-sectional national forensic cohort study

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BackgroundPeople with schizophrenia are ten times more likely to commit homicide than a member of the general population. The relationship between symptoms of schizophrenia and acts of violence is unclear. There has also been limited research on what determines the seriousness and form of violence, such as reactive or instrumental violence. Moral cognition may play a paradoxical role in acts of violence for people with schizophrenia. Thoughts which have moral content arising from psychotic symptoms may be a cause of serious violence.MethodWe investigated if psychotic symptoms and moral cognitions at the time of a violent act were associated with acts of violence using a cross-sectional national forensic cohort (n = 55). We examined whether moral cognitions were associated with violence when controlling for neurocognition and violence proneness. We explored the association between all psychotic symptoms present at the time of the violent act, psychotic symptoms judged relevant to the violent act and moral cognitions present at that time. Using mediation analysis, we examined whether moral cognitions were the missing link between symptoms and the relevance of symptoms for violence. We also investigated if specific moral cognitions mediated the relationship between specific psychotic symptoms, the seriousness of violence (including homicide), and the form of violence.ResultsPsychotic symptoms generally were not associated with the seriousness or form of violence. However, specific moral cognitions were associated with the seriousness and form of violence even when controlling for neurocognition and violence proneness. Specific moral cognitions were associated with specific psychotic symptoms present and relevant to violence. Moral cognitions mediated the relationship between the presence of specific psychotic symptoms and their relevance for violence, homicide, seriousness of violence, and the form of violence.ConclusionsMoral cognitions including the need to reduce suffering, responding to an act of injustice or betrayal, the desire to comply with authority, or the wish to punish impure or disgusting behaviour, may be a key mediator explaining the relationship between psychotic symptoms and acts of violence. Our findings may have important implications for risk assessment, treatment and violence prevention.

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Moral cognition, the missing link between psychotic symptoms and acts of violence: a cross-sectional national forensic cohort study

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“…The issue of personal autonomy has been largely debated within the literature, from the eteronomy-autonomy dichotomy ( Milgram, 1974 ) to the last reflections on civil disobedience ( Moraro, 2014 ; Vecina, Marzana, & Paruzel-Czachura, 2015 ). According to these last insights, citizens are allowed to use a certain degree of force in opposition to coercion implemented by any other individual or institution.…”

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(Dis)obedience in U.S. American young adults: A new way to describe authority relationships

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The present research aims to investigate the psychosocial phenomena of obedience and disobedience in young adults residing in the United States, as a replication of a previous study by Pozzi, Fattori, Bocchiaro, and Alfieri (2014). We utilize social representation theory as a means to better understand and define (dis)obedience, a behavioral dimension of the concept of authority. The analysis was conducted using a concurrent mixed methods design. One hundred and fifty-one participants completed a self-report online questionnaire. The results indicate that participants see both obedience and disobedience as related to an authority. Obedience was mostly perceived as an ability to be responsive to laws, social norms, or physical authorities, as well as a positive social object. Disobedience, instead, was defined as a failure of a negative line of conduct. These results differ from previous research, contributing meaningfully and pragmatically to the theoretical debate on (dis)obedience. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.

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“…This theoretical framing is possible now that the role of affect in moral reasoning is better understood and a prominent focus of research is on moral psychology ( Greene, Sommerville, Nystrom, Darley, & Cohen, 2001 ; Haidt, 2001 ; Krebs & Denton, 2005 ; Vecina, Marzana, & Paruzel-Czachura, 2015 ). Current research, in fact, has moved away from considering moral judgment as an essentially rational process ( Kohlberg, 1984 ) to increasingly emphasizing the role of affect and intuition in arriving at moral judgments ( Kunda, 1990 ; Merritt et al, 2012 ; Monin & Jordan, 2009 ; Uhlmann, Pizarro, Tannenbaum, & Ditto, 2009 ).…”

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How Can Men Convicted of Violence Against Women Feel Moral While Holding Sexist and Violent Attitudes? A Homeostatic Moral Model Based on Self-Deception

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2018

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A moral model is proposed to understand how men convicted of violence against the partner can feel moral in spite of their past violent behavior and their current violent and sexist attitudes. Because of its appeal to the role of self-deception and its relationship to psychological well-being, it was hypothesized that a rigid conception about what is right and wrong (moral absolutism) is associated with ambivalent outcomes that keep their psychological system in homeostasis. The relationships were specified a priori and tested using path analysis. Several fit indices supported the adequacy of the model and showed that moral absolutism was indirectly related to both psychological well-being and a good moral self-conceptualization through self-deception. At the same time, moral absolutism was related to sexist and violent attitudes and a poor moral self-conceptualization. Future interventions could include strategies to reduce the resistances to change based on the reduction of moral absolutism and self-deception.

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Connections between moral psychology and intimate partner violence: Can IPV be read through moral psychology?

Cited by 21 publications

References 109 publications

Moral cognition, the missing link between psychotic symptoms and acts of violence: a cross-sectional national forensic cohort study

Moral cognition, the missing link between psychotic symptoms and acts of violence: a cross-sectional national forensic cohort study

(Dis)obedience in U.S. American young adults: A new way to describe authority relationships

How Can Men Convicted of Violence Against Women Feel Moral While Holding Sexist and Violent Attitudes? A Homeostatic Moral Model Based on Self-Deception

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