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Publication Date: 2024
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Relatable and Attainable Moral Exemplars as Sources for Moral Elevation and Pleasantness
Journal of Moral Education, v53 n1 p14-30 2024
In the present study, we examined how the perceived attainability and relatability of moral exemplars predicted moral elevation and pleasantness among both adult and college student participants. Data collected from two experiments were analyzed with Bayesian multilevel modeling to explore which factors significantly predicted outcome variables at the story level. The analysis results demonstrated that the main effect of perceived relatability and the interaction effect between attainability and relatability shall be included in the best prediction model, and thus, were deemed to predict the outcome variables significantly. The main effect of relatability as well as its interaction with attainability positively predicted elevation and pleasantness. We discussed educational implications of the findings in terms of how relatability may be the first point of emphasis for moral educators to focus on and attainability can then bolster the effectiveness. These relatable and attainable moral exemplars can be sources for moral elevation and pleasantness, which promote motivation to emulate moral behavior presented by the exemplars.
Descriptors: Moral Values, Prediction, Models, Behavior Patterns, Role Models, Bayesian Statistics, Moral Development, Teaching Methods
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Language: English
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