Effects of emotional regulation on moral judgment.

• Grant number: 17/11186-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: August 01, 2017
• End date: July 31, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Psychology - Cognitive Psychology
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Sérgio Boggio
• Grantee: Rafaela Barreto dos Santos
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde (CCBS). Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (UPM). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The study of emotions has shown significant growth in recent years. Moralemotions are located in one of the categories of emotion and it is understood by a set ofphysiological changes and/or cognitive processing that present as a consequence of theestablishment and maintenance of the integrity of the social and human structures.Based on the existing literature in the area of emotional processes in moral judgment,the present study aims to investigate the influence of different types of emotionregulation strategies on moral judgment. Thus, we intend to reach this objective throughan experiment that will use 120 volunteers who will be divided initially into two groups(moral profile). Once divided, the instrument Moral Foundations Vignettes, whichcontains six moral aspects, will be applied before and after the experimental task ofemotional regulation. This division will be made as follows: 120 participants will bedivided into four subgroups containing 30 participants in each, being group 1characterized by the use of the emotion reappraisal strategy; Group 2, by the use of theattentional distraction strategy, and groups 3 and 4 by passive visualization. Theexperimental task consists in the observation, followed by evaluation, of images ofknown negative valence and high intensity (except for group 4 that will be presentedneutral valence pictures) along this task will be placed the electrocardiographicelectrodes. The present topic is constantly growing due to its important relevance in thesocial sphere. In this way, it is intended to contribute to the theoretical enrichmentregarding moral judgment and its relation with emotional processing.

Scientific publications

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MARQUES, LUCAS MURRINS; CLIFFORD, SCOTT; IYENGAR, VIJETH; BONATO, GRAZIELA VIEIRA; CABRAL, PATRICIA MORAES; DOS SANTOS, RAFAELA BARRETO; CABEZA, ROBERTO; SINNOTT-ARMSTRONG, WALTER; BOGGIO, PAULO SERGIO. Translation and validation of the Moral Foundations Vignettes (MFVs) for the Portuguese language in a Brazilian sample. JUDGMENT AND DECISION MAKING, v. 15, n. 1, p. 149-158, JAN 2020. (17/11186-9, 17/11130-3, 17/06136-2, 17/11131-0)