Passion and moral disengagement: Different pathways to political activism

Journal of Personality
Jocelyn J BélangerRobert J Vallerand

Abstract

Four studies examined the relationship between motivational imbalance-the degree to which a goal dominates other goals-and political activism. Based on the dualistic model of passion (Vallerand, 2015) and recent theorizing on violent extremism (Kruglanski, Jasko, Chernikova, Dugas, & Webber, 2017), we predicted that obsessive passion (OP), which facilitates alternative goal suppression, would increase support for violent political behaviors. In contrast, we predicted that harmonious passion (HP), which facilitates the integration of multiple goal pursuits, would increase support for peaceful political behaviors. Study 1a demonstrated that OP for environmentalism was positively associated with moral disengagement, which in turn predicted violent behaviors. HP was positively associated with peaceful behaviors. Political activism among Democrats yielded similar findings in Study 1b. Study 2 replicated Studies 1a-1b using an implicit measure of moral disengagement. Study 3 replicated Studies 1-2 by demonstrating that experimentally inducing a harmonious (vs. obsessive) passion mindset indirectly reduced violent behaviors through the attenuation of moral disengagement while directly promoting peaceful behaviors. Study 4 conceptually...Continue Reading

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Feb 23, 2021·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences·Jocelyn J Bélanger
Jun 3, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Andrea ChiricoAntonio Pierro

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