title: Effects of social dominance orientation and right-wing authoritarianism on corrupt intention: The role of moral outrage.
abstract: Previous research suggested that dominance orientation and authoritarianism may be associated with corruption, but little research has verified this assumption or uncovered its psychological processes. In this article, we examined empirically the relationships between social dominance orientation (SDO), right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and corrupt intention and explored the mediating role of moral outrage on these relationships. A total of 677 college students participated in the study and completed measures of SDO, RWA, moral outrage and corrupt intention. Our findings demonstrated that both SDO and RWA were positively associated with corrupt intention. Additionally, moral outrage partially mediated the relation between SDO and corrupt intention and fully mediated the relation between RWA and corrupt intention. Specifically, the results indicated that higher SDO or RWA was associated with reduced moral outrage and increased corrupt intention. This implies that the enhancement of morality and moral outrage may inhibit corrupt intention.
authors: Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors: Xuyun
authors: X
authors: Tan
authors: Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors: Li
authors: L
authors: Liu
authors: Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors: Wenwen
authors: W
authors: Zheng
authors: Beijing Key Lab of Applied Experimental Psychology, School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors: Zhenwei
authors: Z
authors: Huang
mesh_terms: D001318:Authoritarianism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D009014:Morals; D012930:Social Dominance; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Corrupt intention; Moral outrage; Right-wing authoritarianism; Social dominance orientation; Social injustice