Ecological Determinants of Situated Choice in Situational Action Theory

Antonaccio, Olena; Botchkovar, Ekaterina V.; Hughes, Lorine A.

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“…SOCIOINFORM: Center for Sociological Research, a Ukrainian research organization with an extensive record of conducting surveys for many international organizations including United Nations, collected the data. The survey instrument contains items validated in prior survey of adults in Ukraine conducted by SOCIOINFORM (e.g., see Antonaccio et al, 2017; Antonaccio & Tittle, 2008) as well surveys in other cross-national locations (e.g., Hobfoll et al, 2006). The questionnaire was written in English, translated into Ukrainian and Russian, and then back translated into English by linguists fluent in these languages.…”

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Stress and depression as pathways between violent conflict exposure and moral beliefs: Why people sometimes condone “bad” things.

Timmer¹,

Johnson²,

Antonaccio³

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Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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Sometimes nations at war have the support of their citizens, at other times, civilians with little tolerance for human casualties and violence demand peaceful solutions. This study examines why moral attitudes can erode during violent conflicts and what factors may explain how it happens. Using a random sample of civilians in a vulnerable lower- and middle-income country, Ukraine, we explore the consequences of exposure to a prolonged war. Specifically, we assess the relationship between vicarious war exposure and moral beliefs about violence subsequently including daily stressors and depressive symptoms as potential pathways between them. We find that civilians who report more vicarious exposure to an ongoing war are less likely to disapprove of violence. Daily stressors and depression further serve as important pathways linking war exposure to moral beliefs about violence. Our study illustrates the need for appropriate mental health services, stress management, and other critical interventions to help populations experiencing war and other traumatic occurrences. It also suggests that future studies should pay particular attention to how vital life events affect individual beliefs and attitudes.

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Stress and depression as pathways between violent conflict exposure and moral beliefs: Why people sometimes condone “bad” things.

Timmer¹,

Johnson²,

Antonaccio³

et al. 2022

Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology

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“…Criminology theories have proposed that people's legal and moral judgments have central roles in guiding their behavior (Antonaccio et al 2017;Wikström 2006;Wikström et al 2011). Nevertheless, neither consumers' legal judgments, nor the similarities and discrepancies between their legal and ethical judgments has been studied.…”

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“…For instance, it has been shown that financial gains and ego revenge promote dysfunctional behavior (Daunt and Harris 2012). However, criminology theories have highlighted people's legal and moral judgments as the central determinants of their behavior (Antonaccio et al 2017). Specifically, the situational action theory has proposed that people's actions depend on the way that they perceive their action alternatives.…”

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Consumer Judgment of Morally-Questionable Behaviors: The Relationship Between Ethical and Legal Judgments

Sobolev

Voege

2019

J Bus Ethics

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Consumers' engagement in morally-questionable behaviors poses a serious threat to firms. To further the understanding of consumers' behavior, this study explores the association and conflicts between their ethical and legal judgments. In addition, it examines the way consumers' judgments depend on their mind-sets and the legal liability criterion of action (activity). In two experiments, participants were asked to judge the ethicality and legality of consumers' morally-questionable behaviors. Behavior activity and participants' mind-sets were manipulated. The results show that consumers are more likely to judge a behavior to be legal when they consider it ethical than when they consider it unethical. Nevertheless, conflicts between ethical and legal judgments are prevalent. Furthermore, ethical judgments, legal judgments, and the occurrence of conflicts between them depend on activity and on consumers' mind-sets. Finally, consumers report uncertainty about the ethicality and legality of a wide range of morally-questionable behaviors. Thus, the results paint a picture of individuals who perceive the law to be often beyond their reach or in conflict with their ethical principles. They portray both ethical and legal judgments as dynamically-changing, subjective, and context-dependent. Theoretical contribution and business applications are discussed.

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“…To test the interaction effects of crime propensity and criminogenic exposure, we followed the tradition of SAT research in operationalizing crime propensity by creating a composite scale containing both dimensions of low self-control and low morality (Antonaccio et al, 2017). Then, two products of Crime Propensity × Unsupervised Leisure Activities and Crime Propensity × Delinquent Peers were created.…”

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Explaining Chinese Delinquency: Self-Control, Morality, and Criminogenic Exposure

Chen

Lin

2021

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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This study extends the testing of situational action theory (SAT) to a Chinese population, and sheds new light on the directions of the moderation relationships between self-control and morality, and between crime propensity and criminogenic exposure on delinquency. Relying on a large, representative sample of middle school students from two areas of Guizhou, China ( N = 2,498), we find that both self-control and morality have significant inhibiting effects on delinquency. Moreover, self-control has a more profound curbing effect on delinquency among adolescents with higher levels of morality. Meanwhile, the promoting effect of crime propensity on delinquency decreases when levels of risky exposure increase. When adolescents have more unsupervised activities and delinquent peers, their crime propensity affects delinquency to a lesser extent. Our study confirms that individual and situational factors interlock in determining delinquency, and reiterates the value of empirical testing across cultures to validate and possibly improve general theories of crime.

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Ecological Determinants of Situated Choice in Situational Action Theory

Cited by 26 publications

References 52 publications

Stress and depression as pathways between violent conflict exposure and moral beliefs: Why people sometimes condone “bad” things.

Stress and depression as pathways between violent conflict exposure and moral beliefs: Why people sometimes condone “bad” things.

Consumer Judgment of Morally-Questionable Behaviors: The Relationship Between Ethical and Legal Judgments

Explaining Chinese Delinquency: Self-Control, Morality, and Criminogenic Exposure

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