Moral identity goal characteristics: Age-related trends from early adolescence to old age.

The study investigated age-related trends in moral identity goal characteristics, as proposed in previous research (Krettenauer, 2022a), by modifying the Self-Importance of Moral Identity Questionnaire (Aquino & Reed, 2002). Internally and externally motivated moral identity was assessed on varying levels of abstractness for promotion orientation as well as prevention orientation in Canadian participants from three different age groups: early adolescence (13-14 years, = 248, 119 female), late adolescence to early adulthood (17-20 years, = 251, 160 female), and mid to old age (50-76 years, = 129, 76 female). Findings demonstrate that the self-importance of abstract moral identity characteristics increased with age relative to concrete identity characteristics, while the relationship between the two characteristics weakened.

The interpersonal nature of self-talk: Variations across individuals and occasions.

This research addressed the hypothesis that self-talk conveys a variety of interpersonal styles, representing different ways of addressing oneself, and that these different styles can be conceptualized with the interpersonal circumplex. Using a diary-like method for 14 days, 232 undergraduates were asked, toward the end of each day, to reflect on one positive and one negative event from that day and write down their self-talk about each. Using an instrument based on the interpersonal circumplex, participants and later independent judges rated the interpersonal qualities of each self-talk statement.

Daily moral identity: Linkages with integrity and compassion.

Objective: The present study investigated how much variability in moral identity scores is attributable to individual differences that are stable over time and how much variability reflects daily fluctuations.

Method: Participants (N = 138, M age = 25.11 years, SD = 10.

Is the true self truly moral? Identity intuitions across domains of sociomoral reasoning and age.

Adults intuit that positive moral characteristics (e.g., being caring, being honest) reflect a person's true self.