Cross-temporal meta-analyses of changes and macro causes in moral disengagement among Chinese middle school and college students

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2024.00859

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Key words: moral disengagement, individualization, social justice, college and middle school students, social change, cross-temporal meta-analysis

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WANG Xiangkun, XIN Ziqiang, HOU You. (2024). Cross-temporal meta-analyses of changes and macro causes in moral disengagement among Chinese middle school and college students. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 56(7), 859-875.

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Figure 1. Changes in Chinese middle school students’ Z score of moral disengagement.

Figure 1. Changes in Chinese middle school students’ Z score of moral disengagement.

Figure 2. Changes in Chinese college students’ Z score of moral disengagement.

Figure 2. Changes in Chinese college students’ Z score of moral disengagement.

Table 1 The cross-lag correlation between the moral disengagement level and the level of social individualization and social justice among Chinese middle school students

Social causes	Three years prior			One year prior			Actual year
Social causes	β	t	p	β	t	p	β	t	p
Social individualization
Marketization level	?0.40	?3.88	< 0.01	?0.37	?3.49	< 0.01	?0.38	?3.58	< 0.01
Urbanization level	?0.40	?3.83	< 0.01	?0.40	?3.83	< 0.01	?0.34	?3.17	< 0.01
Divorce-to-marriage ratio	?0.36	?3.34	< 0.01	?0.40	?3.88	< 0.01	?0.44	?4.22	< 0.01
Social justice
Amount of current effective legislation	?0.28	?2.51	< 0.05	?0.42	?4.10	< 0.01	?0.41	?3.90	< 0.01

Table 1 The cross-lag correlation between the moral disengagement level and the level of social individualization and social justice among Chinese middle school students

Social causes	Three years prior			One year prior			Actual year
Social causes	β	t	p	β	t	p	β	t	p
Social individualization
Marketization level	?0.40	?3.88	< 0.01	?0.37	?3.49	< 0.01	?0.38	?3.58	< 0.01
Urbanization level	?0.40	?3.83	< 0.01	?0.40	?3.83	< 0.01	?0.34	?3.17	< 0.01
Divorce-to-marriage ratio	?0.36	?3.34	< 0.01	?0.40	?3.88	< 0.01	?0.44	?4.22	< 0.01
Social justice
Amount of current effective legislation	?0.28	?2.51	< 0.05	?0.42	?4.10	< 0.01	?0.41	?3.90	< 0.01

Table 2 The cross-lag correlation between the moral disengagement level and the level of social individualization and social justice among Chinese college students

Social causes	Three years prior			One year prior			Actual year
Social causes	β	t	p	β	t	p	β	t	p
Social individualization
Marketization level	?0.39	?3.09	< 0.01	?0.43	?3.46	< 0.01	?0.43	?3.40	< 0.01
Urbanization level	?0.46	?3.71	< 0.01	?0.46	?3.71	< 0.01	?0.46	?3.74	< 0.01
Divorce-to-marriage ratio	?0.45	?3.62	< 0.01	?0.45	?3.66	< 0.01	?0.47	?3.83	< 0.01
Social justice
Amount of current effective legislation	?0.41	?3.22	< 0.01	?0.42	?3.35	< 0.01	?0.40	?3.13	< 0.01

Table 2 The cross-lag correlation between the moral disengagement level and the level of social individualization and social justice among Chinese college students

Social causes	Three years prior			One year prior			Actual year
Social causes	β	t	p	β	t	p	β	t	p
Social individualization
Marketization level	?0.39	?3.09	< 0.01	?0.43	?3.46	< 0.01	?0.43	?3.40	< 0.01
Urbanization level	?0.46	?3.71	< 0.01	?0.46	?3.71	< 0.01	?0.46	?3.74	< 0.01
Divorce-to-marriage ratio	?0.45	?3.62	< 0.01	?0.45	?3.66	< 0.01	?0.47	?3.83	< 0.01
Social justice
Amount of current effective legislation	?0.41	?3.22	< 0.01	?0.42	?3.35	< 0.01	?0.40	?3.13	< 0.01

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