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Susewind, Moritz and Hoelzl, Erik ORCID: 0000-0002-5135-4728 (2014). A matter of perspective: why past moral behavior can sometimes encourage and other times discourage future moral striving. J. Appl. Soc. Psychol., 44 (3). S. 201 - 210. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL. ISSN 1559-1816

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the role of different perspectives people take on their past moral and nonmoral behavior. Across two experiments, we show that when people focus on progress toward personal goals, past moral behavior leads to less future moral striving compared to past nonmoral behavior. However, when people focus on commitment toward personal goals, past moral behavior tends to lead to more future moral striving compared to past nonmoral behavior. Our results integrate seemingly contradictive empirical evidence from past research, relying on the overarching theoretical framework of goal regulation theory.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Susewind, Moritz UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Hoelzl, Erik UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-5135-4728 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-445367
DOI:	10.1111/jasp.12214
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Appl. Soc. Psychol.
Volume:	44
Number:	3
Page Range:	S. 201 - 210
Date:	2014
Publisher:	WILEY-BLACKWELL
Place of Publication:	HOBOKEN
ISSN:	1559-1816
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Center of Excellence C-SEB
Subjects:	Economics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CONSUMER CHOICE; SELF; PEOPLE; CONSISTENCY; IDENTITY; FRESH Multiple languages Psychology, Social Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/44536