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The Moral Foundations taxonomy: Structural validity and relation to political ideology in Sweden

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Author

  • Artur Nilsson
  • Arvid Erlandsson

Summary, in English

Although Moral Foundations Theory claims that the foundations of morality are universal, there are still few studies addressing it through non-English measures. In the current research, 540 persons filled out a Swedish translation of the Moral Foundations Questionnaire, and 332 of them filled out political attitude measures. Confirmatory factor analyses suggested that the fit of the five-factor model was better than alternative models but not optimal, replicating previous findings. Concerns with fairness and prevention of harm predicted political identity leftward, mediated mainly by preference for equality, and concerns with loyalty, authority, and sanctity predicted political identity rightward, mediated mainly by resistance to change and system justification, as hypothesized. Fairness and authority concerns were the best predictors of political ideology.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

28-32

Publication/Series

Personality and Individual Differences

Volume

76

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Psychology

Keywords

  • moral foundations
  • morality
  • political ideology
  • political attitudes
  • resistance to change
  • preference for equality
  • system justification

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1873-3549