Psychological Development and Education ›› 2009, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (3): 54-60.

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A Study on Predictors of the Relationship Between Implicit Dispositional Moral Sensitivity and Explicit Dispositional Moral Sensitivity

ZHENG Xin-jun1, CEN Guo-zhen2   

  1. 1. Education College, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035;
    2. Education College, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200234
  • Online:2009-07-15 Published:2009-07-15

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Abstract: The relationship and the predictors of implicit dispositional moral sensitivity(DMS)and explicit DMS were examined in 228 college students.Implicit Association Test(IAT), Dispositional Moral Sensitivity Questionnaires (DMSQ)and other related scales were adopted.The results showed:Male subjects' implicit dispositional moral sensitivity effects were significantly higher than those of female ones.In explicit dispositional moral sensitivity, female subjects' guilt of empathy, intrusiveness of empathy were significantly higher than those of male ones, and their punitivity were significantly lower than those of male ones.There was not a significant correlation between the implicit and explicit DMS of the surveyed subjects.Both self-monitor and moral at itude strength could predict the disparities between college students' implicit and explicit DMS, and with self-monitor having a relatively higher predictability.

Key words: dispositional moral sensitivity, implicit, moral attitude strength, self-monitor

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  • B844.2
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