도덕성 수준과 정신적 오염이 정화욕구 증가에 미치는 영향

초록

This study was to investigate the effects of the morality level and mental contamination on a desire to clean. University students were divided into two group, high and low morality group by Korean-defining issues test (K-DIT) score. They were assigned to unethical events recall condition and ethical events recall condition randomly. Participants instructed to write the unethical/ethical events they recalled (for 10 minutes) in detail, assess the desirability of cleansing and neutral products and choose the one of cleansing and neutral products. As a results, high morality group assessed the desirability of cleansing products highly than low morality group in the unethical recall condition. Also, high morality group chose the cleansing products more than low morality group in the unethical recall condition. These results show that a desire to clean increase when they feel contaminated mentally without physical contact with a contaminant. The implication of this study is that morality is important to the relationship between mental contamination and the desire to clean.

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