The Moral Foundations of Group Perceptions

Bedle, Heather

The Moral Foundations of Group Perceptions

dc.contributor.author	Bedle, Heather
dc.date.accessioned	2024-08-09T15:45:07Z
dc.date.available	2024-08-09T15:45:07Z
dc.date.issued	2024-08
dc.description.abstract	We investigate the role of moral foundations in shaping attitudes towards various social and political groups in the United States. Using data from the 2023 SPEER survey (N=2,188), we examine how the five moral foundations—Care, Fairness, Loyalty, Authority, and Purity—relate to feelings towards left-sympathetic and right-sympathetic groups, while controlling for demographic factors. Our findings reveal that individualizing foundations (Care and Fairness) consistently predict warmer attitudes towards left-sympathetic groups and cooler attitudes towards right-sympathetic groups. Conversely, binding foundations (Loyalty and Authority) show strong associations with warmer attitudes towards right-sympathetic groups and cooler attitudes towards left-sympathetic groups. The Purity foundation demonstrates more complex relationships, defying simple left-right categorization. These results underscore the importance of considering psychological factors alongside demographics when studying group perceptions and affective polarization.	en_US
dc.description.peerreview	No	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Bedle, H., (2024). The Moral Foundations of Group Perceptions. 2023 SPEER Survey Findings.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/11244/340573
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Psychology, Social.	en_US
dc.subject	Political Science, General.	en_US
dc.subject	Sociology, General.	en_US
dc.title	The Moral Foundations of Group Perceptions	en_US
dc.type	Technical Report	en_US
ou.group	Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy	en_US