Do High Psychopaths Care More about Moral Consequences than Low Psychopaths in Chinese Culture? An Exploration Using the CNI Model
<i>Purpose:</i> Fewer studies are about the influence of psychopath traits on moral judgment and the underlying psychological mechanism in Chinese cultural background. In this paper, we use the creative CNI (Consequences, Norms, Inaction versus action) model to quantify the subject’s rea...
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doaj-c20a736f8fd543c7a99f8eb4811ec80a2020-11-25T04:01:32ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322020-11-01850550510.3390/healthcare8040505Do High Psychopaths Care More about Moral Consequences than Low Psychopaths in Chinese Culture? An Exploration Using the CNI ModelShenglan Li0Daoqun Ding1Zhihui Wu2Liangliang Yi3Ji Lai4Le Dang5Department of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, School of Education Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, ChinaDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Macau, Macau 999078, China<i>Purpose:</i> Fewer studies are about the influence of psychopath traits on moral judgment and the underlying psychological mechanism in Chinese cultural background. In this paper, we use the creative CNI (Consequences, Norms, Inaction versus action) model to quantify the subject’s reaction to moral dilemmas. <i>Method:</i> In this research, the Chinese version of the Levenson Psychopathic Scale, CNI model materials, and a multinomial model to further analyze the associations among the psychopathy characteristics and utilitarian moral judgment are applied. The CNI model is proposed by Gawronski et al., which can quantify the subjects’ sensitivity to moral consequence, sensitivity to moral norms, and the general preference for inaction or action in moral dilemmas. <i>Result:</i> This study finds that there were significant differences in the utilitarian moral judgment between the groups, <i>t</i> (360) = 3.24, <i>p</i> = 0.001, and Cohen’s <i>d</i> = 0.36. The analysis results of the CNI model show that the high psychopathy group on the <i>N</i> parameter was significantly lower than the group of low psychopathy, ΔG<sup>2</sup> (2) = 79.70, <i>p</i> = 0.001. In terms of the <i>C</i> parameter, we found no significant distinctions between the two groups, ΔG<sup>2</sup> (2) = 1.356, <i>p</i> = 0.244. For the <i>I</i> parameter, the two groups also have no significant differences, ΔG<sup>2</sup> (2) = 0.093, <i>p</i> = 0.76. <i>Conclusion:</i> Persons with high psychopathy traits prefer to make more utilitarian moral judgments and have a weak sensitivity to moral norms (<i>N</i>). The sensitivity to consequences (<i>C</i>) of the two groups is no significant difference. The general preference for inaction versus action (<i>I</i>) also has no significant differences between those two groups. Moreover, the CNI model fits well in Chinese subjects.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/4/505psychopathymoral judgmentdeontologicalutilitarianCNI model |
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Shenglan Li Daoqun Ding Zhihui Wu Liangliang Yi Ji Lai Le Dang Do High Psychopaths Care More about Moral Consequences than Low Psychopaths in Chinese Culture? An Exploration Using the CNI Model Healthcare psychopathy moral judgment deontological utilitarian CNI model |
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Do High Psychopaths Care More about Moral Consequences than Low Psychopaths in Chinese Culture? An Exploration Using the CNI Model |
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Do High Psychopaths Care More about Moral Consequences than Low Psychopaths in Chinese Culture? An Exploration Using the CNI Model |
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Do High Psychopaths Care More about Moral Consequences than Low Psychopaths in Chinese Culture? An Exploration Using the CNI Model |
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Do High Psychopaths Care More about Moral Consequences than Low Psychopaths in Chinese Culture? An Exploration Using the CNI Model |
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Do High Psychopaths Care More about Moral Consequences than Low Psychopaths in Chinese Culture? An Exploration Using the CNI Model |
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do high psychopaths care more about moral consequences than low psychopaths in chinese culture? an exploration using the cni model |
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<i>Purpose:</i> Fewer studies are about the influence of psychopath traits on moral judgment and the underlying psychological mechanism in Chinese cultural background. In this paper, we use the creative CNI (Consequences, Norms, Inaction versus action) model to quantify the subject’s reaction to moral dilemmas. <i>Method:</i> In this research, the Chinese version of the Levenson Psychopathic Scale, CNI model materials, and a multinomial model to further analyze the associations among the psychopathy characteristics and utilitarian moral judgment are applied. The CNI model is proposed by Gawronski et al., which can quantify the subjects’ sensitivity to moral consequence, sensitivity to moral norms, and the general preference for inaction or action in moral dilemmas. <i>Result:</i> This study finds that there were significant differences in the utilitarian moral judgment between the groups, <i>t</i> (360) = 3.24, <i>p</i> = 0.001, and Cohen’s <i>d</i> = 0.36. The analysis results of the CNI model show that the high psychopathy group on the <i>N</i> parameter was significantly lower than the group of low psychopathy, ΔG<sup>2</sup> (2) = 79.70, <i>p</i> = 0.001. In terms of the <i>C</i> parameter, we found no significant distinctions between the two groups, ΔG<sup>2</sup> (2) = 1.356, <i>p</i> = 0.244. For the <i>I</i> parameter, the two groups also have no significant differences, ΔG<sup>2</sup> (2) = 0.093, <i>p</i> = 0.76. <i>Conclusion:</i> Persons with high psychopathy traits prefer to make more utilitarian moral judgments and have a weak sensitivity to moral norms (<i>N</i>). The sensitivity to consequences (<i>C</i>) of the two groups is no significant difference. The general preference for inaction versus action (<i>I</i>) also has no significant differences between those two groups. Moreover, the CNI model fits well in Chinese subjects. |
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