Moral Intuitions and Suicide Risk: Results from a National Sample of Icelandic Youth*
Abstract Combining insights from Moral Foundations Theory and the Durkheimian tradition, we examine the effects of moral intuitions on suicide risk. We argue that moral intuitions constitute a moral-regulative force that individuals bring with them into a range of socially structured settings and th...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/sf/soaa078 2024-09-15T18:14:01+00:00 Moral Intuitions and Suicide Risk: Results from a National Sample of Icelandic Youth* Silver, Eric Silver, Jason R Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaa078 https://academic.oup.com/sf/article-pdf/99/4/1799/50423196/soaa078.pdf en eng Oxford University Press (OUP) https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model Social Forces volume 99, issue 4, page 1799-1826 ISSN 0037-7732 1534-7605 journal-article 2020 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soaa078 2024-08-12T04:22:26Z Abstract Combining insights from Moral Foundations Theory and the Durkheimian tradition, we examine the effects of moral intuitions on suicide risk. We argue that moral intuitions constitute a moral-regulative force that individuals bring with them into a range of socially structured settings and that influence their behavior independent of the structural forces in play in those settings. Focusing on Iceland, an economically advanced country with a largely secular and individualistic culture, and using data from a national sample of youth between the ages of 16 and 21 (N = 10,710), we find that group-oriented (binding) moral intuitions are associated with lower suicide risk while individual-oriented (individualizing) moral intuitions are associated with higher suicide risk. We also find an unexpected (non-linear) protective effect among respondents with strong individualizing moral intuitions, and some evidence that the effects of individualizing moral intuitions on suicide risk are conditioned by involvement in socially integrative relationships. Overall, our results suggest that the sociological study of suicide would be meaningfully improved by incorporating moral intuitions into the model. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Oxford University Press Social Forces 99 4 1799 1826 |
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Abstract Combining insights from Moral Foundations Theory and the Durkheimian tradition, we examine the effects of moral intuitions on suicide risk. We argue that moral intuitions constitute a moral-regulative force that individuals bring with them into a range of socially structured settings and that influence their behavior independent of the structural forces in play in those settings. Focusing on Iceland, an economically advanced country with a largely secular and individualistic culture, and using data from a national sample of youth between the ages of 16 and 21 (N = 10,710), we find that group-oriented (binding) moral intuitions are associated with lower suicide risk while individual-oriented (individualizing) moral intuitions are associated with higher suicide risk. We also find an unexpected (non-linear) protective effect among respondents with strong individualizing moral intuitions, and some evidence that the effects of individualizing moral intuitions on suicide risk are conditioned by involvement in socially integrative relationships. Overall, our results suggest that the sociological study of suicide would be meaningfully improved by incorporating moral intuitions into the model. |
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Moral Intuitions and Suicide Risk: Results from a National Sample of Icelandic Youth* |
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Moral Intuitions and Suicide Risk: Results from a National Sample of Icelandic Youth* |
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Moral Intuitions and Suicide Risk: Results from a National Sample of Icelandic Youth* |
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moral intuitions and suicide risk: results from a national sample of icelandic youth* |
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