Preregistration

Moral Disengagement and Attitudes Toward Others

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Schilke, Mary Kate
Efimoff, Iloradanon

Abstract / Description

Our aim with this research study is to examine a novel way to reduce prejudice toward Indigenous people in Canada. This new prejudice-reduction avenue involves educating people about moral disengagement. We will use Prolific to recruit a sample of 395 adult Canadians. Participants will be randomly assigned to the control or intervention group. Participants in the intervention group will complete a 3-pronged moral disengagement intervention: 1) Watch an educational video on moral disengagement, 2) identify moral disengagement strategies in a series of vignettes, and 3) respond to a self-reflection prompt. All participants will complete measures of moral disengagement, prejudice, and other relevant variables (including religiosity, moral identity, and inclusive victim consciousness).

Keyword(s)

moral disengagement prejudice-reduction

Persistent Identifier

PsychArchives acquisition timestamp

2026-10-30 15:31:16 UTC

Publisher

PsychArchives

Citation

  • Preregistration.pdf
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  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Schilke, Mary Kate
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Efimoff, Iloradanon
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2026-10-30T15:31:16Z
  • Made available on
    2026-10-30T15:31:16Z
  • Date of first publication
    2026-10-30
  • Abstract / Description
    Our aim with this research study is to examine a novel way to reduce prejudice toward Indigenous people in Canada. This new prejudice-reduction avenue involves educating people about moral disengagement. We will use Prolific to recruit a sample of 395 adult Canadians. Participants will be randomly assigned to the control or intervention group. Participants in the intervention group will complete a 3-pronged moral disengagement intervention: 1) Watch an educational video on moral disengagement, 2) identify moral disengagement strategies in a series of vignettes, and 3) respond to a self-reflection prompt. All participants will complete measures of moral disengagement, prejudice, and other relevant variables (including religiosity, moral identity, and inclusive victim consciousness).
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  • Publication status
    other
  • Review status
    unknown
  • Sponsorship
    Support for this research was provided by the Jackman Foundation Research Excellence Grant and Dr. Efimoff’s Toronto Metropolitan University Start Up Grant.
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/17995
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.22663
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychArchives
  • Keyword(s)
    moral disengagement
  • Keyword(s)
    prejudice-reduction
  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    Moral Disengagement and Attitudes Toward Others
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  • DRO type
    preregistration