caa a22 4500 605450927 CHVBK 20210128105154.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10433-015-0346-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10433-015-0346-z Societies' tightness moderates age differences in perceived justifiability of morally debatable behaviors [Elektronische Daten] [Da Jiang, Tianyuan Li, Takeshi Hamamura] Research on age differences in moral judgment tends to focus on children and adolescents. The current study examined age differences in perceived justifiability of morally debatable behaviors across adulthood cross-culturally. A large cross-cultural dataset consisting of 25,142 individuals of varying ages (15-95years old) from 20 societies was drawn from the World Values Survey. Hierarchical linear modeling was used to test age differences in perceived justifiability of morally debatable behaviors on issues pertaining to honesty and fairness as well as the moderating effect of societies' tightness. Across societies, older adults judged moral transgression less leniently than did younger adults. However, this pattern was moderated by the societies' tightness, such that age was a stronger predictor of perceived justifiability of morally debatable behaviors in loose societies relative to tight societies. The current study highlights the importance of examining moral development from the lifespan development perspective. The findings may illuminate potential mechanisms for inter-generational misunderstanding about moral issues. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Morally debatable behaviors nationallicence Age difference nationallicence Tightness nationallicence World Values Survey nationallicence Cross-cultural differences nationallicence Social values nationallicence Jiang Da Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China aut Li Tianyuan Department of Psychological Studies, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China aut Hamamura Takeshi School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia aut European Journal of Ageing Springer Netherlands 12/4(2015-12-01), 333-340 1613-9372 12:4<333 2015 12 10433 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-015-0346-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-015-0346-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jiang Da Department of Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li Tianyuan Department of Psychological Studies, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hamamura Takeshi School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Ageing Springer Netherlands 12/4(2015-12-01), 333-340 1613-9372 12:4<333 2015 12 10433 SWISSBIB 354513613