Associations Between Moral Disengagement, Negative Self-Evaluation, and Morally Injurious Behavior in Young People - Dataset

This study investigates the moderating effect of moral disengagement on negative self-evaluation when committing morally injurious behavior. Participants were 307 undergraduate students who completed validated measures of morally injurious conduct (committed with agency, and under duress), moral disengagement, and negative self-evaluation (shame and guilt).

Findings demonstrated that the role of moral disengagement in attenuating negative self-evaluation was present in conduct committed under duress, and not in conduct committed with agency.</p>