Why Moral Advocacy Leads to Polarization and Proselytization: The Role of Self-Persuasion

This research is the first to examine the effects of moral versus practical pro-attitudinal advocacy in the context of self-persuasion. We validate a novel advocacy paradigm aimed at uncovering why moral advocacy leads to polarization and proselytization. We investigate four distinct possibilities:...

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Main Authors: Ravini S. Abeywickrama, Joshua J. Rhee, Damien L. Crone, Simon M. Laham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Social and Political Psychology
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Online Access:https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/1346