Agreement on the perception of moral character

Helzer, Erik, G.; Furr, R. Michael; Hawkins, Ashley; Barranti, Maxwell; Blackie, Laura E.R.; Fleeson, William

Abstract

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.

Citation

Helzer, E. G., Furr, R. M., Hawkins, A., Barranti, M., Blackie, L. E., & Fleeson, W. (2014). Agreement on the perception of moral character. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(12), https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214554957

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 16, 2014
• Online Publication Date: Nov 7, 2014
• Publication Date: Dec 1, 2014
• Deposit Date: Sep 22, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 22, 2016
• Journal: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
• Print ISSN: 0146-1672
• Electronic ISSN: 1552-7433
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 40
• Issue: 12
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214554957
• Keywords: Morality, Agreement, Personality, Character
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/993575
• Publisher URL: http://psp.sagepub.com/content/40/12/1698
• Additional Information: Copyright © 2014 by Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.