Emotional Intelligence For Moral Character: Do Emotion-Related Competencies Lead To Better Moral Functioning?
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Emotional Intelligence For Moral Character: Do Emotion-Related Competencies Lead To Better Moral Functioning? Maia Mestvirishvili1 Tamar Kamushadze1
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Natia Mestvirishvili1 • Mariam Kvitsiani1
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Received: 27 February 2020 / Accepted: 25 July 2020 Ó National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) India 2020
Abstract The present study examines three components of moral character: moral competencies, moral judgment and moral identity and seeks to understand how emotion-related competencies are linked these moral categories. The aim of the study is twofold, first to discover integrative linkages between different components of moral character and secondly, to understand the inclusive roles of emotionrelated competencies (e.g., Trait Emotional Intelligence) in different categories of morality. A total of 318 individuals (Mage = 21.75 years; SDage = 2.24, 65% female) filled the questionnaires measuring moral judgment, moral competencies, moral identity and Trait Emotional Intelligence (TEI). Moral identity and competencies positively correlated with each other and with TEI; however, moral judgment does not appear in the same path: it related only with one aspect of TEI-emotional well-being. Also, TEI emerged as a mediator of relationship between moral identity and moral competence. By integrating three components of moral character (competence, judgment and identity) and linking them to the emotional competencies,
& Maia Mestvirishvili [email protected] Natia Mestvirishvili [email protected] Mariam Kvitsiani [email protected] Tamar Kamushadze [email protected] 1
Psychology Department, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU), I. Chavchavadze Av.#11a, 0179 Building III, Room 213, Tbilisi, Georgia
study nuances the dynamics and power of relationship between moral and emotional realms. Keywords Trait Emotional Intelligence (TEI) Moral identity Moral competence Moral character Moral judgment
Introduction Morality has always been one of the most intriguing subjects in social sciences as the concern about distinguishing right from wrong has been never fully resolved. The impact of the moral judgment is immersive on social actions as the moral failing of others has potential outcomes on social welfare. For several decades, moral psychology has begun to expand its boundaries by focusing different concepts of morality such as moral judgment, moral reasoning, moral identity, moral personality, moral emotion and moral action. These moral categories are the constituents of moral character and typically emphasize the embodiment of virtues such as social responsibility (Blasi, 2005; Hart, Atkins, & Donnelly, 2006; Ellemers, van der Toorn, Paunov, & van Leeuwen, 2019). After the ‘‘affective revolution’’ in 1980s, the moral psychology began to rediscover the importance of emotion in studying of moral judgment and behavior (Frank, 1988; Greene, Sommerville, Nystrom, Darley & Cohen, 2001). Nowadays, some cur
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