ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

Advances in Psychological Science ›› 2019, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (9): 1540-1555.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2019.01540

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Embodied metaphors of moral concepts and its influential factors: A systematic review and meta-analysis

DING Fengqin(), WANG Dongxia   

  1. School of Education, Ningxia University, Yinchuan 750021, China
  • Received:2019-01-02 Online:2019-09-15 Published:2019-07-24
  • Contact: DING Fengqin E-mail:dingfqin@nxu.edu.cn

Abstract:

The meta-analysis was designed to explore the embodied metaphors of moral concepts and its influential factors. Through literature retrieval, 65 cases and 153 independent effect sizes which met the inclusion criteria of meta-analysis were selected ( N = 8659). Overall, the results showed that there existed a moderate positive correlation between source domain of embodied metaphors of moral concepts with the target domain (r = 0.34). Embodied metaphors of moral concepts were moderated by cultural background and metaphorical dimension, but not by metaphorical mapping direction, research paradigm and sensory channel. The above results indicate that the embodied metaphors of moral concepts reflect psychological reality, and the following studies should focus on the different roles of cultural background and metaphorical dimension, specifically, the individual moral concept metaphor is stronger under the background of oriental culture, and the metaphorical connection between moral concepts and spatial dimension and dimension is higher.

Key words: embodied metaphors, moral concepts, meta-analysis, moderate effect

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