Types Of Adolescent Moral Disengagement Strategies

Abstract

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Agreeing with moral disengagement statements: an experimental study with young adults

“…Moral disengagement processes take place whenever one rationalizes an action that would entail a personal, legal, or social sanction. More specifically, moral disengagement happens when one behaves in contradiction with his or her moral standards, for instance, when one breaks a traffic law (Luiza Neto, 2009;Mognon & Santos, 2014), purposively slacks at work (Resende, 2015), litters, does not pay taxes appropriately, makes a joke about someone for their personal or physical characteristics (Farias, 2018;Jesus & Silva, 2018;Medeiros, Silveira, & Oliveira, 2018), interacts with peers (Molchanov, Almazova, & Kirsanov, 2019), or engages in cyberbully (Allison & Bussey, 2017;Bussey, Fitzpatrick, & Raman, 2015;Gini, Pozzoli, & Bussey, 2014;Luo & Bussey, 2019;Wang, Zhao, Yang, & Lei, 2019).…”