Agreement on the perception of moral character

This study tested for inter-judge agreement on moral character. A sample of students and community members rated their own moral character using a measure that tapped six moral character traits. Friends, family members, and/or acquaintances rated these targets on the same traits. Self/other and inte...

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Main Authors: Helzer, Erik, G., Furr, R. Michael, Hawkins, Ashley, Barranti, Maxwell, Blackie, Laura E.R., Fleeson, William
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Published: SAGE 2014
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37061/
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author Helzer, Erik, G.
Furr, R. Michael
Hawkins, Ashley
Barranti, Maxwell
Blackie, Laura E.R.
Fleeson, William
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Hawkins, Ashley
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description This study tested for inter-judge agreement on moral character. A sample of students and community members rated their own moral character using a measure that tapped six moral character traits. Friends, family members, and/or acquaintances rated these targets on the same traits. Self/other and inter-informant agreement was found at the trait level for both a general character factor and for residual variance explained by individual moral character traits, as well as at the individual level (judges agreed on targets’ “moral character profiles”). Observed inter-judge agreement constitutes evidence for the existence of moral character, and raises questions about the nature of moral character traits.
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spelling nottingham-370612020-05-04T20:12:30Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37061/ Agreement on the perception of moral character Helzer, Erik, G. Furr, R. Michael Hawkins, Ashley Barranti, Maxwell Blackie, Laura E.R. Fleeson, William This study tested for inter-judge agreement on moral character. A sample of students and community members rated their own moral character using a measure that tapped six moral character traits. Friends, family members, and/or acquaintances rated these targets on the same traits. Self/other and inter-informant agreement was found at the trait level for both a general character factor and for residual variance explained by individual moral character traits, as well as at the individual level (judges agreed on targets’ “moral character profiles”). Observed inter-judge agreement constitutes evidence for the existence of moral character, and raises questions about the nature of moral character traits. SAGE 2014-12 Article PeerReviewed Helzer, Erik, G., Furr, R. Michael, Hawkins, Ashley, Barranti, Maxwell, Blackie, Laura E.R. and Fleeson, William (2014) Agreement on the perception of moral character. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40 (12). pp. 1698-1710. ISSN 1552-7433 Morality Agreement Personality Character http://psp.sagepub.com/content/40/12/1698 doi:10.1177/0146167214554957 doi:10.1177/0146167214554957
spellingShingle Morality
Agreement
Personality
Character
Helzer, Erik, G.
Furr, R. Michael
Hawkins, Ashley
Barranti, Maxwell
Blackie, Laura E.R.
Fleeson, William
Agreement on the perception of moral character
title Agreement on the perception of moral character
title_full Agreement on the perception of moral character
title_fullStr Agreement on the perception of moral character
title_full_unstemmed Agreement on the perception of moral character
title_short Agreement on the perception of moral character
title_sort agreement on the perception of moral character
topic Morality
Agreement
Personality
Character
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37061/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37061/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/37061/