将来情节想象对道德行为意向的影响：道德感知的中介作用

The Influence of Episodic Future Thought on Moral Behavioral Intention: The Mediating Role of Moral Perception

摘要: 目的：本文在已有研究的基础上，考察有无想象和事件性质对不同道德行为意向的影响，以及检验道德感知的中介效应。方法：本研究设计了两个实验：实验一，考察有无想象(有想象，无想象)与事件性质(亲手，非亲手)对道德行为意向的影响；实验二，考察有无想象对道德行为意向的影响，检验道德感知的中介作用。结果：研究表明有无想象的主效应显著，无想象条件下的被试比有想象条件下的被试有更强的时间助人意向；事件性质的主效应显著，非亲手条件下的被试比亲手条件下的被试有更强的时间和行为助人意向；有无想象与事件性质的交互作用显著，无想象非亲手条件下被试的金钱助人意向最强；有无想象影响行为助人意向和道德感知，道德感知是有无想象道德行为助人意向的中介变量。结论：将来情节想象启动了个体的道德许可效应，降低了不同性质的道德行为意向；道德感知中介了将来情节想象对道德助人的行为意向。

Abstract: Objective: Based on the previous research, this paper investigated the influence of imagination and nature of events on moral behavioral intention, and examined the mediating role of moral perception. Methods: Two experiments are designed in this paper. Experiment 1 investigated the influence of imagination and the nature of events on moral intention. Experiment 2 examined the mediating effect of imagination on moral behavior intention and tested the mediating role of moral perception. Results: The research showed that the main effect of imagination was significant, and the subjects without imagination had stronger time helping intention than those with imagination. The main effect of the nature of the event was significant, and the subjects under the non-hand condition had stronger time and behavior intention to help others than those under the hand condition. The interaction between imagination and the nature of the event was significant, and the subjects’ intention to help others with money was the strongest under the condition of non-imagination and non-hand. Whether there was imagination or not, the behavior helping intention and moral perception was affected, and moral perception was an intermediary variable of behavior helping intention. Conclusion: Episodic future thought starts the individual’s moral license effect and reduces the moral behavior intention of different natures; moral perception mediates the intention of future plot imagination to moral help.