The Advent of the COVID-19 Epidemic Did Not Affect Americans’ Endorsement of Moral Foundations

Prior work has suggested that existential threats in the form of terror attacks may shift liberals’ reliance on moral foundations to more resemble those of conservatives. We therefore hypothesized that endorsement of these moral foundations would have increased when the COVID-19 epidemic became a salient threat. To examine this hypothesis we conducted a longitudinal study with 237 American participants across the liberal-conservative spectrum, in which their endorsement of various moral foundations were measured before and after the advent of the pandemic. We did not find evidence of any systematic change in the endorsement of any moral foundation, neither in general nor specifically among liberals or specifically among those who perceived the greatest threat from COVID-19. We conclude that the threat from the pandemic does not seem to have had any substantial effect on the moral foundations that people rely on. We discuss how this finding relates to other longitudinal studies of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on measures related to conservatism.

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The advent of the COVID-19 epidemic did not affect Americans’ endorsement of moral foundations

10.31234/osf.io/957zk ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Irina Vartanova ◽

Kimmo Eriksson ◽

Zeynep Melis Kirgil ◽

Pontus Strimling

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Longitudinal Studies ◽

Substantial Effect ◽

Systematic Change ◽

Moral Foundations ◽

Prior Work ◽

Moral Foundation ◽

Terror Attacks ◽

Before And After

Prior work has suggested that existential threats in the form of terror attacks may shift liberals’ reliance on moral foundations to more resemble those of conservatives. We therefore hypothesized that endorsement of these moral foundations would have increased when the COVID-19 epidemic became a salient threat. To examine this hypothesis we conducted a longitudinal study with 237 American participants across the liberal-conservative spectrum, in which their endorsement of various moral foundations were measured before and after the advent of the pandemic. We did not find evidence of any systematic change in the endorsement of any moral foundation, neither in general nor specifically among liberals or specifically among those who perceived the greatest threat from COVID-19. We conclude that the threat from the pandemic does not seem to have had any substantial effect on the moral foundations that people rely on. This finding is consistent with other longitudinal studies of the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on measures related to conservatism.

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Longitudinal study on weight and height development before and after diagnosis of childhood craniopharyngioma

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology & Diabetes ◽

10.1055/s-2003-817557 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 111 (06) ◽

Author(s):

HL Müller ◽

A Emser ◽

A Faldum ◽

G Bruhnken ◽

N Etavard-Gorris ◽

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Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Before And After

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Political orientation and moral foundations

Restaurant Business ◽

10.26643/rb.v118i11.10325 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 118 (11) ◽

pp. 365-371

Author(s):

J Dorasamy ◽

Mr Jirushlan Dorasamy

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

North America ◽

American Studies ◽

Political Orientation ◽

The Political ◽

Moral Foundations ◽

Open Approach ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Moral Foundation ◽

The North

Studies, especially in the North America, have shown a relationship between political orientation and moralfoundation. This study investigated whether moral judgements differ from the political orientation of participantsin South Africa moral judgment and the extent to which moral foundations are influenced by politicalorientation.Further, the study investigated the possibility of similar patterns with the North AmericanConservative-Liberal spectrum and the moral foundation. There were 300participants, 78 males and 222 females,who completed an online questionnaire relating to moral foundation and political orientation. The results partiallysupported the hypothesis relating to Liberal and Conservative orientation in South Africa. Further, this studypartially predicted the Liberal-Conservative orientation with patterns in the moral foundation, whilst showingsimilar findings to the North American studies. A growing rate of a neutral/moderate society is evidenced in SouthAfrica and abroad, thereby showing the emergence of a more open approach to both a political and generalstance.”””

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A Longitudinal Study of Pervasive Display Personalisation

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction ◽

10.1145/3418352 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 1-45

Author(s):

Mateusz Mikusz ◽

Peter Shaw ◽

Nigel Davies ◽

Petteri Nurmi ◽

Sarah Clinch ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Mobile Devices ◽

Potential User ◽

Mobile Users ◽

Prior Work ◽

Physical Spaces

Widespread sensing devices enable a world in which physical spaces become personalised in the presence of mobile users. An important example of such personalisation is the use of pervasive displays to show content that matches the requirements of proximate viewers. Despite prior work on prototype systems that use mobile devices to personalise displays, no significant attempts to trial such systems have been carried out. In this article, we report on our experiences of designing, developing and operating the world’s first comprehensive display personalisation service for mobile users. Through a set of rigorous quantitative measures and 11 potential user/stakeholder interviews, we demonstrate the success of the platform in realising display personalisation, and offer a series of reflections to inform the design of future systems.

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“Girls Are Like Flowers; Boys Are Like footballs”

Boyhood Studies ◽

10.3167/bhs.2020.140104 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 45-62

Author(s):

Florencia Herrera

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Hegemonic Masculinity ◽

Before And After ◽

Gender Practices ◽

First Time ◽

Masculine Gender

To contribute to the discussion about how masculinity—understood as a configuration of gender practices (Connell 2000)—is reproduced, this paper analyzes fathers’ discourse about the gender of their sons and daughters. I carried out a qualitative longitudinal study in Chile during which 28 first-time fathers were interviewed before and after their child’s birth or arrival (adoption). I suggest that these fathers see gender in essentialist, dichotomous, and hierarchical terms. They expect to shape their sons’ gender practices according to hegemonic masculinity (discouraging gender practices associated with femininity or homosexuality). In the study, no attempt to reformulate masculine gender practices was observed but, rather, an interest on the fathers’ part in maintaining the patriarchal gender order.

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The Effects of Politician’s Moral Violations on Voters' Moral Emotions

Political Behavior ◽

10.1007/s11109-021-09749-z ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Annemarie S. Walter ◽

David P. Redlawsk

Keyword(s):

Emotional Responses ◽

Moral Emotions ◽

Limited Attention ◽

Moral Foundations ◽

Moral Foundations Theory ◽

Moral Foundation ◽

Moral Principles ◽

Party Identity ◽

Moral Transgressions ◽

Partisan Identification

AbstractExisting empirical research on voters’ responses to individual politicians’ moral transgressions pays limited attention to moral emotions, although moral emotions are an integral part of voters’ moral judgment. This study looks at U.S. voters’ discrete moral emotional responses to politician’s moral violations and examines how these discrete moral emotional responses are dependent on voters’ own moral principles and the extent to which they identify with a political party. We report on a 5 × 3 between-subjects experiment where 2026 U.S. respondents reacted to politicians’ violations of one of five moral foundations defined by Moral Foundations Theory. We randomly vary which moral foundation is violated and the partisanship of the politician. While voters’ own moral principles somewhat condition moral emotional responses, we find that voters’ moral emotional responses mostly depend on partisan identification. When voters share party identity with a politician committing a moral violation, they respond with less anger, contempt, disgust and shame than when they do not share party identity. The effect is greater among strong partisans. However, we find limited evidence that specific moral emotions are activated by violations of particular moral foundations, thereby challenging Moral Foundations Theory.

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A longitudinal study of voice before and after phonosurgery for removal of a polyp

Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics ◽

10.1080/02699200802130813 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 22 (10-11) ◽

pp. 857-863 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Smiljka Štajner‐Katušić ◽

Damir Horga ◽

Karolina Vrban Zrinski

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Before And After

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The pitch of babies’ cries predicts their voice pitch at age 5

Biology Letters ◽

10.1098/rsbl.2018.0065 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (7) ◽

pp. 20180065 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Florence Levrero ◽

Nicolas Mathevon ◽

Katarzyna Pisanski ◽

Erik Gustafsson ◽

David Reby

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Individual Differences ◽

Fundamental Frequency ◽

Ring Finger ◽

Small Sample ◽

Voice Pitch ◽

Same Sex ◽

Before And After ◽

Longitudinal Study Design ◽

The Right

Voice pitch (fundamental frequency, F 0 ) is a key dimension of our voice that varies between sexes after puberty, and also among individuals of the same sex both before and after puberty. While a recent longitudinal study indicates that inter-individual differences in voice pitch remain stable in men during adulthood and may even be determined before puberty (Fouquet et al. 2016 R. Soc. open sci. 3 , 160395. ( doi:10.1098/rsos.160395 )), whether these differences emerge in infancy remains unknown. Here, using a longitudinal study design, we investigate the hypothesis that inter-individual differences in F 0 are already present in the cries of pre-verbal babies. While based on a small sample ( n = 15), our results indicate that the F 0 of babies' cries at 4 months of age may predict the F 0 of their speech utterances at 5 years of age, explaining 41% of the inter-individual variance in voice pitch at that age in our sample. We also found that the right-hand ratio of the length of their index to ring finger (2D : 4D digit ratio), which has been proposed to constitute an index of prenatal testosterone exposure, was positively correlated with F 0 at both 4 months and 5 years of age. These findings suggest that a substantial proportion of between-individual differences in voice pitch, which convey important biosocial information about speakers, may partly originate in utero and thus already be present soon after birth.

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