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Moral Threat

Moral Threat is a theoretical construct within the domain of social threat that denotes a perceived challenge to shared ethical norms, values, or principles that underpin collective social order, distinct from physical, economic, or existential threats by its grounding in moral judgment and normative expectations.

102

Publications

4.8K

Citations

230

Authors

150

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

41

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Publications

102

Moral panic versus the risk society: the implications of the changing sites of social anxiety

Sheldon Ungar · British Journal of Sociology · 2001 · 330 citations

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Threat causes liberals to think like conservatives

Paul R. Nail, Ian McGregor, April E. Drinkwater et al. · Journal of Experimental Social Psychology · 2009 · 314 citations

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Perceptions of social dangers, moral foundations, and political orientation

Florian van Leeuwen, Justin H. Park · Personality and Individual Differences · 2009 · 281 citations

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Motivated Closed‐Mindedness Mediates the Effect of Threat on Political Conservatism

Hulda Þórisdóttir, John T. Jost · Political Psychology · 2011 · 206 citations

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Holier than me? Threatening Social Comparison in the Moral Domain

Benoît Monin · International Review of Social Psychology · 2007 · 165 citations

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Authors

230

  1. SS
    Simone Schnall

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  2. MV
    Martijn van Zomeren

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    2 publications · 115 citations

    2

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  3. TR
    Tobias Rothmund

    University of Koblenz and Landau, Germany

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  4. MG
    Mario Gollwitzer

    Philipps University of Marburg, Germany

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  5. RK
    Robert K. Henderson

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 55 citations

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Institutions

150

  1. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    154 citations

  2. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    70 citations

  3. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    418 citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    51 citations

  5. Philipps University of Marburg

    Marburg, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    82 citations

  6. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    110 citations

  7. Universität Koblenz

    Koblenz, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    82 citations

  8. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    226 citations

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Venues

  1. European Journal of Social Psychology

    EJSP · 5 publications · 206 citations

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  2. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

    5 publications · 486 citations

    5

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  3. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

    PSPB · 4 publications · 200 citations

    4

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  4. Journal of Business Ethics

    2 publications · 71 citations

    2

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  5. Social Psychological and Personality Science

    SPPS · 2 publications · 136 citations

    2

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