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Health Behaviors Are Moralized When Perceived to Cause Harm

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

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Abstract

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Ahead of Print.
People readily moralize health, whether by criticizing smokers or treating exercise as noble. Drawing from the theory of dyadic morality, we theorized that people moralize health most strongly when they perceive poor health as a source of suffering. ...