{"content":[{"text":"MORAL MODELING: HOW HEROES IMPACT VALUES","bbox":{"left":0.259935,"top":0.089197,"width":0.47996099999999997,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"CHRISTOPHER D. E. ATKINSON","bbox":{"left":0.357598,"top":0.193705,"width":0.28494099999999994,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"34 Pages","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.228742,"width":0.07009799999999998,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"The Hero Functions Framework states that heroes play three functions in society:","bbox":{"left":0.176552,"top":0.263503,"width":0.6370389999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"enhancing others, protecting those around them, and modeling morals for others (Kinsella et al.,","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.298225,"width":0.7526189999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"2015b). This study evaluated the experimental validity of the moral modeling function of heroes.","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.333263,"width":0.7603209999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Experiencing heroes may lead a change in values to better align with the values of that heroes","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.36801,"width":0.733941,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"model. Moral elevation, the feeling of awe and inspiration one feels when witnessing a morally","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.403048,"width":0.746567,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"beautiful act (Aquino et al., 2011), may also mediate the relation between heroes and a change in","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.437795,"width":0.7597649999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"one’s values. Therefore, it was hypothesized that participants who reflected on heroes would","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.472518,"width":0.7262460000000001,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"report higher scores on measures of moral elevation and personal values than those who reflected","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.507556,"width":0.7626850000000001,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"on average college students. Two hundred and forty undergraduates reflected on either heroes or","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.542316,"width":0.756521,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"average college students and then completed measures of moral elevation and values. The results","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.577038,"width":0.761018,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"showed that reflecting on heroes had a significant effect on moral elevation but had no direct","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.612076,"width":0.7272930000000001,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"effect on any of the values, Wilks’ Λ = .92, F (5, 234) = 4.0, p = .002. Mediation analyses","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.646823,"width":0.703449,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"showed that reflected on heroes had an indirect effect on benevolence through moral elevation (ß","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.681861,"width":0.760956,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"= .11, 95% CI = [.03, .19]).","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.716583,"width":0.21490199999999998,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"These findings suggest that reflecting on heroes causes a higher","bbox":{"left":0.342451,"top":0.716583,"width":0.498932,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"prioritization of benevolence through moral elevation.","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.751343,"width":0.42493899999999996,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"KEYWORDS: Heroes; Personal values; Moral elevation; Hero Function Framework","bbox":{"left":0.117688,"top":0.786381,"width":0.6638809999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}