Moral Orientation Guilt Scale (MOGS): Development and validation of a novel guilt measurement

Mancini, Alessandra; Granziol, Umberto; Migliorati, Daniele; Gragnani, Andrea; Femia, Giuseppe; Cosentino, Teresa; Saliani, Angelo Maria; Tenore, Katia; Luppino, Olga Ines; Perdighe, Claudia; Mancini, Francesco

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.111495

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“…Moral Orientation Guilt Scale (MOGS; Mancini et al (2022)): the MOGS is a 17-items scale to assess the different types of guilt referring to 4 domains: Dirtiness (α = .84), Moral Norm Violation (α = .89), Empathy (α = .69) and Harm (α = .85). Dirtiness and Moral Norm Violation scores can be added together to obtain the Deontological guilt total score (α = .90), while Empathy and Harm scores can be summed to obtain Altruistic guilt total score (α = .90).…”

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Pathological Affective Dependence (PAD) as an Antecedent of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): A Pilot Study of PAD’s Cognitive Model on a Sample of IPV Victims

Pugliese¹,

Mosca²,

Saliani³

et al. 2023

PSYCH

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The present paper has the aim of presenting a preliminary measure of the construct of Pathological Affective Dependence (PAD). The scale has been built on the basis of a cognitive model of PAD and characteristics of a typical affective dependent person (Saver, Unworthy, Traumatic, and Mixed). These profiles have been tracked, using a framework of anti-goals, self/other beliefs, and intrapsychic conflicts (absent, alternate, or akrasic conflict) as obstacles to a healthy and safe separation. PAD scale (PADS) was tested on a clinical sample of 25 people (F = 21, 84%; M = 4.16%; age ranged between 29 and 61 years) recruited in an online anti-violence mutual-support group called Millemé (http://www.milleme.it/) and a psychotherapeutic center (https://www.spc.it/). We selected only patients in maladaptive relationships according to the specific characteristics of PAD, whose cognitive model will be explained in this paper. Other scales were administered to test convergent and discriminant validity through Pearson's r correlations. The preliminary results support both research objectives and the PADS appears to have good validity. Furthermore, these preliminary results showed that PAD is both a stable trait and a latent psychological condition triggered by the abusive partner

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Pathological Affective Dependence (PAD) as an Antecedent of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): A Pilot Study of PAD’s Cognitive Model on a Sample of IPV Victims

Pugliese¹,

Mosca²,

Saliani³

et al. 2023

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“…The analysis of its latent structure pointed at 4 factors: Moral Norm Violation (MNV), which assesses the fear of having outraged an authority and the attempt to prevent guilt by conforming to moral norms; “Moral Dirtiness” (MODI), measuring the tendency to experience moral disgust towards oneself; “Empathy”, specifically assessing the tendency to feel guilty for the misfortune of others; and “Harm”, measuring the propensity to feel and prevent guilt resulting from harming others. The MOGS has shown good construct validity, and the four subscales and the entire MOGS presented good reliability indices (αMNV = 0.82; αHarm = 0.81; αEmpathy = 0.82; αMODI = 0.70; αTotal = 0.87) [ 2 ].…”

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“…In order to experience deontological guilt (DG), the transgression of an interiorized moral norm is necessary and sufficient, while in order to experience altruistic guilt (AG), the failure of an altruistic goal and the presence of a victim are necessary, even if no moral norm has been trespassed [ 1 ]. The first empirical tool allowing us to measure different types of guilt according to moral orientation is the 17-items Moral Orientation Guilt Scale (MOGS), recently developed and validated by the authors [ 2 ]. The MOGS identifies four different factors:…”

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Guilt Feelings in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: An Investigation between Diagnostic Groups

Mancini¹,

Granziol

Gragnani³

et al. 2022

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Guilt plays a role in various forms of psychopathology. However, different types of guilt might be involved in different mental disorders. Obsessive-compulsive (OC) patients are prone to a type of guilt in which the violation of an internalized moral norm is necessary and sufficient, whereas data suggest that depression might be linked to more interpersonal types of guilt. However, the extent to which a specific guilt phenomenology is involved in each condition is yet to be determined. Here we assessed the association between different types of guilt and different diagnostic groups. Two clinical samples (33 OCD and 35 non-OCD) filled in the Moral Orientation Guilt Scale (MOGS) along with other OCD and depression measures. Regression was employed to test group differences in the MOGS subscales and to test the influence of MOGS subscales on OCD and depression levels. Results confirm that different types of guilt might be implicated in different psychopathological conditions. Specifically, moral norm violation guilt is more present in OC patients than in other disorders. Depression seems to be associated with different guilt feelings depending on the psychopathological condition, specifically in non-OC patients, with types of guilt involving a “victim”, supporting the accounts viewing interpersonal guilt as involved in the emergence of depressive symptomatology and hyper-altruistic behavior as a vulnerability factor for depression.

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“…The Moral Orientation Guilt Scale (MOGS) [37]. The MOGS, a 17-item scale measures individuals' propensity to experience different types of guilt (moral norm violation, moral dirtiness, empathy, and harm) linked to deontological values.…”

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An investigation of the specificity and vividness of autobiographical memories and future events produced in response to disgust-related cues among individuals with eating disorders

Bektas,

Haslam,

Hilton

et al. 2024

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Background: A deficiency in autobiographical memory functioning could be of relevance to the maintenance of an eating disorder (ED). Past research has found that people with EDs have difficulties in producing specific details of autobiographical memories (AM) and in imagining future events. Our aim was to investigate AM and episodic future thinking (EFT) in individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN), individuals with bulimia nervosa (BN) or binge eating disorder (BED), and healthy controls (HCs) using negative cue words relevant to the experience of being disgusted and morally violated. Methods: Remotely administered computerised versions of the autobiographical memory task (AMT) and the EFT task were used to measure the specificity and vividness of AMs and EFTs. Neutral or negative/moral disgust-relevant cues were used to elicit AMs and EFTs. The relationship between AM specificity and EFT specificity was explored. The predictor role of individual differences in childhood teasing and betrayal sensitivity on the specificity and vividness of AMT and EFTs induced by moral disgust-relevant cues was examined. Results: Individuals with AN and BN/BED did not have difficulties retrieving specific and vivid details of AMs and imagining future events in both cue conditions. AM specificity predicted EFT specificity in all groups. Future events primed by neutral cues were rated as more vivid by HCs compared to those induced by moral disgust-relevant cues, but there was no difference between the form of memories elicited by both cues in either ED group. Participants with EDs who had greater levels of childhood teasing and betrayal sensitivity generated more vivid AMT and EFTs in response to moral disgust-related cues, which was not observed in HCs. Conclusions: This study did not detect alterations in AMT and EFT characteristics in either ED group compared with HCs. The findings were discussed regarding the sample characteristics (e.g., illness severity). Individual differences in childhood teasing and betrayal sensitivity seem to be related to generating more vivid negative memories and future events, which might increase the risk of making past and future victimisation-related events more salient. Imagery-based techniques incorporated into the psychological interventions might reduce the emotional intensity/vividness of recalled memories and anticipated threats.

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Moral Orientation Guilt Scale (MOGS): Development and validation of a novel guilt measurement

Cited by 4 publications

References 33 publications

Pathological Affective Dependence (PAD) as an Antecedent of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): A Pilot Study of PAD’s Cognitive Model on a Sample of IPV Victims

Pathological Affective Dependence (PAD) as an Antecedent of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV): A Pilot Study of PAD’s Cognitive Model on a Sample of IPV Victims

Guilt Feelings in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: An Investigation between Diagnostic Groups

An investigation of the specificity and vividness of autobiographical memories and future events produced in response to disgust-related cues among individuals with eating disorders

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