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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 5 Study 3 path coefficient estimates (and p values) among moral orientations and touch variables

From: The importance of early life touch for psychosocial and moral development

 

b1

b2

b3

b4

Indirect effect

c′

Social engagement

Moral capacity: empathy

 Positive touch

.46 (< .001)

− .15 (< .001)

− .04 (.03)

.52 (< .001)

.002 (.03)

.06 (.01)

 Lack of corporal punishment

.28 (< .001)

− .16 (< .001)

− .04 (.02)

.51 (< .001)

.001 (.06)

.07 (.002)

 

Moral capacity: perspective-taking

 Positive touch

.46 (< .001)

− .15 (< .001)

− .05 (.002)

.29 (< .001)

.001 (.01)

.08 (.001)

 Lack of corporal punishment

.28 (< .001)

− .16 (< .001)

− .05 (.003)

.28 (< .001)

.001 (.03)

.11 (< .001)

Social opposition

Moral capacity: empathy

 Positive touch

.46 (< .001)

− .15 (< .001)

− .04 (.03)

− .36 (< .001)

− .001 (.03)

− .08 (.02)

 Lack of corporal punishment

.28 (< .001)

− .16 (< .001)

− .04 (.02)

− .36 (< .001)

− .001 (.07)

.05 (.21)

 

Moral capacity: perspective-taking

 Positive touch

.46 (< .001)

− .15 (< .001)

− .05 (.002)

− .24 (< .001)

− .001 (.03)

-.10 (.01)

 Lack of corporal punishment

.28 (< .001)

− .16 (< .001)

− .05 (.003)

− .24 (<.001)

− .001 (.06)

− .07 (.06)

Social withdrawal

Moral capacity: personal distress

 Positive touch

.46 (< .001)

− .15 (< .001)

.18 (< .001)

.34 (< .001)

− .01 (.001)

− .07 (.03)

 Lack of corporal punishment

.28 (< .001)

− .16 (< .001)

.18 (< .001)

.34 (< .001)

− .003 (.01)

− .07 (.13)

  1. For the indirect effects, the p values are from Sobel tests. All 95% bias corrected bootstrap confidence intervals indicated that indirect effects included here were significant