Starcke, Katrin; Ludwig, Anne Catrin; Brand, Matthias:
Anticipatory stress interferes with utilitarian moral judgment
In: Judgment and Decision Making, Jg. 7 (2012), Heft 1, S. 61 - 68
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Titel in Englisch:
Anticipatory stress interferes with utilitarian moral judgment
Autor*in:
Starcke, KatrinUDE
GND
1051886473
LSF ID
50836
Sonstiges
der Hochschule zugeordnete*r Autor*in
;
Ludwig, Anne Catrin
;
Brand, MatthiasUDE
GND
123076773
LSF ID
50479
ORCID
0000-0002-4831-9542ORCID iD
Sonstiges
der Hochschule zugeordnete*r Autor*in
Erscheinungsjahr:
2012
Open Access?:
OA Gold
DuEPublico 1 ID
Scopus ID
Sprache des Textes:
Englisch

Abstract in Englisch:

A recent study indicates that acute stress affects moral decision making (Youssef et al., in press). The current study examines whether results can be replicated using a different kind of stressor and a different kind of stress measurement. We induced stress in 25 participants with a cover-story of an anticipated speech. Another group of 25 participants was tested in a control condition. Stress levels and stress responses were assessed with questionnaires and heart rate. All participants performed a moral decision-making task describing moral dilemmas. These dilemmas were either personal or impersonal and each offered a utilitarian and a non-utilitarian option. Acutely stressed participants, compared to control participants, made fewer utilitarian judgments and needed longer for making a decision. Individual physiological stress response was related to fewer utilitarian judgments. Results are in line with those previously found although different instruments were used.