{"id":4055,"date":"2025-04-18T15:08:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T13:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/articoli-scientifici\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T10:51:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:51:48","slug":"scientific-articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/en\/scientific-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 class=\"w-post-elm post_title align_left color_link_inherit\">Scientific articles<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row searcharticoli height_auto type_sticky\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-search for_list layout_simple us-field-style_1 iconpos_right live_search change_url_params\"><form class=\"w-form-row for_text\" role=\"search\" method=\"get\"><div class=\"w-form-row-field\"><input aria-label=\"Search\" name=\"list_search\" placeholder=\"Search\" type=\"text\" value\/><\/div><button class=\"w-search-reset\" type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Reset\"><\/button><button aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"w-search-form-btn w-btn\" type=\"submit\" style=\"--icon-size:18px;\"><i class=\"fas fa-search\"><\/i><\/button><\/form><div class=\"w-search-message hidden\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-grid us_post_list us_custom_cfa160b1 elencopost type_grid layout_3606 cols_1 pagination_numbered preload_style_spinner\" id=\"us_post_list_l80b\" style=\"--columns:1;--gap:1rem;--title-font-size: 2.2rem;\"><style>.layout_3606 .w-grid-item-h{}.layout_3606 .usg_post_image_1{border-radius:5px!important}.layout_3606 .usg_post_content_1{margin-top:20px!important}.layout_3606 .usg_vwrapper_1{border-radius:20px!important;padding:23px!important;background:#f1f1f1!important}.layout_3606 .usg_post_content_2{font-size:0.7rem!important;line-height:1.4!important;margin-top:20px!important}.layout_3606 .usg_text_1{font-weight:700!important;padding:0!important;margin:30px 0 0 0!important}<\/style><div class=\"w-grid-list\">\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-4271 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-articoli-scientifici-en\" data-id=\"4271\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap: 0.7rem;\"><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/en\/articoli_scientifici\/workplace-boredom\/\">Workplace Boredom<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Bella, A. F., &amp; Messina, I. (2026). Workplace boredom: a self-regulatory conceptual model based on Self-Determination Theory. <em>Current Psychology, 45<\/em>, 781. <span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12144-026-09254-8\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s12144-026-09254-8<\/a><\/span>.<br \/>\n(paywall)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free access preprint at the following link:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/403383368_Workplace_boredom_a_self-regulatory_conceptual_model_based_on_self-determination_theory\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/403383368_Workplace_boredom_a_self-regulatory_conceptual_model_based_on_self-determination_theory<\/a><\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"w-text usg_text_1\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Abstract<\/span><\/span><\/p><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_2 spezzaurl without_sections\"><p>The field of boredom studies has seen considerable advances in recent years. The present article fits into that line of research, focusing on boredom in the workplace and integrating various literatures in cognitive, social, health, and occupational psychology within a novel organising framework. After drawing up a streamlined nomological network, we propose a new self-regulatory conceptual model based on self-determination theory that parsimoniously fills a theoretical gap and lays the foundations for further empirical research. The critical components of the emotion of boredom, that is, meaninglessness and inadequate stimulation of attention, are posited to stem from unfavourable job-person appraisals. This mismatch is ascribable to states of amotivation brought about by the inability of the job characteristics (skillset, control, sociality) to satisfy workers\u2019 basic psychological needs (competence, autonomy, relatedness) that conceptually mirror those job features. The model describes how, when boredom sets in, individuals and organisations can self-regulate their behaviour through various adaptive coping strategies in order to restore conditions of homeostatic balance. It also highlights dysfunctional strategies that in the long run turn out to be either ineffective or even harmful in terms of individuals\u2019 well-being as well as organisational health and performance. We discuss the theoretical and practical significance of the new conceptual model as well as its limitations, and call for empirical research in the field.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/La-noia-sul-posto-di-lavoro.jpg\" aria-label=\"Workplace Boredom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1288\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/La-noia-sul-posto-di-lavoro.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/La-noia-sul-posto-di-lavoro.jpg 1288w, https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/La-noia-sul-posto-di-lavoro-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/La-noia-sul-posto-di-lavoro-1024x384.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1288px) 100vw, 1288px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-4237 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-articoli-scientifici-en\" data-id=\"4237\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap: 0.7rem;\"><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/en\/articoli_scientifici\/moral-injury\/\">Moral Injury<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Bella, A. F. (2024). La sindrome da ferita morale: una tipologia distinta di disturbo post-traumatico e il ruolo della psicosintesi nel suo trattamento. <em>Rivista di Psicosintesi Terapeutica, 49-50<\/em>, 89-112.<\/p>\n<p>Preprint available here (in Italian): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Bella-A.-F.-2024.-La-sindrome-da-ferita-morale.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">download<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you wish to read other articles published on the journal Rivista di Psicosintesi Terapeutica (in Italian): <span><a href=\"https:\/\/sipt.it\/rivista\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/sipt.it\/rivista\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"w-text usg_text_1\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Abstract<\/span><\/span><\/p><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_2 spezzaurl without_sections\"><p>Moral injury is a specific kind of trauma caused by violations of deeply internalised moral values. It has been particularly studied in the United States from the \u201990s of the last century among Vietnam veterans, but it may appear in a variety of contexts, from healthcare to educational and organisational ones. In the latest text revision of the DSM-5 it is not recognised as a distinct disorder; however, it should be distinguished from the classic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as a careful analysis of its nosology and aetiology reveals different characteristics. Although PTSD and moral injury can coexist, the specific symptoms of the latter do not focus on terror linked to violence and death, but on emotions and moral cognitions, such as shame, anguish, attributions of guilt, and loss of existential meaning, which are associated with dysfunctional internalising and externalising behaviours, according to the cases. Such a collapse of the integrity of the individual\u2019s moral identity cannot be addressed through the traditional tools used in the treatment of PTSD, which focus on the extinction of fear and avoidance reactions, and the habituation to memories related to traumatic events through physiological relaxation. Rather, moral injury can be soothed thanks to a reconstruction of meaning that reinstates the moral character of the person and restores a solid link between I and Self, leveraging recovery of trust in others, conscious self-observation, compassionate acceptance, forgiveness and reconciliation, and development of a renewed life project. Psychosynthesis is well suited to provide tools aimed at this kind of transformation, in that it promotes a syncretic approach to the bio-psycho-spiritual dimensions of the human being. Offering wide recognition of ethical and transpersonal instances, Psychosynthesis promises the possibility of rejoining the components of the personality fragmented by the moral injury, facilitating motion toward a possible and personalised \u201cideal model\u201d capable of integrating the moral values that support the fullest actualisation of the individual\u2019s authentic Self.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/La-sindrome-da-ferita-morale.jpg\" aria-label=\"Moral Injury\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/La-sindrome-da-ferita-morale.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/La-sindrome-da-ferita-morale.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/La-sindrome-da-ferita-morale-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-4178 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-articoli-scientifici-en\" data-id=\"4178\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap: 0.7rem;\"><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/en\/articoli_scientifici\/self-regulatory-responses-to-moral-exemplars\/\">Self-Regulatory Responses to Moral Exemplars<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Bella, A. F. (2024). Inspiring or annoying? A new measure of broadening and defensive self-regulatory responses to moral exemplars applied to two real-life scenarios of moral goodness. <em>Journal of Moral Education, 53<\/em> (1), 31-55. <span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03057240.2023.2244186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/03057240.2023.2244186<\/a><br \/>\n(free access)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"w-text usg_text_1\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Abstract<\/span><\/span><\/p><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_2 spezzaurl without_sections\"><p>I present a new model of the self-regulation of virtue that integrates perspectives on emotion, cognition, and motivation. Across three vignette-based studies in US\/UK (N=1,540), I developed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis a multi-item measure of broadening and defensive responses, the Self-Regulation of Virtue Inventory (SRVI). I applied that measurement model to two new scenarios portraying prototypical moral exemplars (selected from a set of 12) and fitted structural models that identify key antecedents: motivational dispositions (regulatory focus and hedonic orientation) and moral comparisons (opinion and ability-based). The findings were consistent with network analysis, providing initial evidence of their robustness. By integrating literatures on motivation, emotion, social cognition and comparison within a self-regulation framework, I provide initial evidence to advance theory on moral self-regulation and moral education, with practical implications on how to maximise the upsides of virtue while mitigating or channelling its possible drawbacks.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reazioni-autoregolative-nei-confronti-di-persone-moralmente-esemplari.jpg\" aria-label=\"Self-Regulatory Responses to Moral Exemplars\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reazioni-autoregolative-nei-confronti-di-persone-moralmente-esemplari.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reazioni-autoregolative-nei-confronti-di-persone-moralmente-esemplari.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Reazioni-autoregolative-nei-confronti-di-persone-moralmente-esemplari-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-4180 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-articoli-scientifici-en\" data-id=\"4180\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap: 0.7rem;\"><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/en\/articoli_scientifici\/the-psychology-of-akrasia-intentional-behaviour-against-ones-better-judgment\/\">The Psychology of Akrasia (intentional behaviour against one\u2019s better judgment)<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Bella, A. F. (2023). Psychological underpinnings of akrasia: a new integrative framework based on self-regulation vulnerabilities and failures. <em>New Ideas in Psychology, 70<\/em>, 101027. <span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.newideapsych.2023.101027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.newideapsych.2023.101027<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span>(paywall)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free access preprints at the following links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/370510639_Psychological_Underpinnings_of_Akrasia_A_New_Integrative_Framework_Based_on_Self-Regulation_Vulnerabilities_and_Failures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/370510639_Psychological_Underpinnings_of_Akrasia_A_New_Integrative_Framework_Based_on_Self-Regulation_Vulnerabilities_and_Failures<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/101235613\/Psychological_Underpinnings_of_Akrasia_A_New_Integrative_Framework_Based_on_Self_Regulation_Vulnerabilities_and_Failures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/101235613\/Psychological_Underpinnings_of_Akrasia_A_New_Integrative_Framework_Based_on_Self_Regulation_Vulnerabilities_and_Failures<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"w-text usg_text_1\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Abstract<\/span><\/span><\/p><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_2 spezzaurl without_sections\"><p>Akrasia is intentional behavior against one\u2019s better judgment. This concept has a rich history in Western philosophy, but it does not feature prominently in the psychological literature. After a brief conceptual review, I propose here a new integrative theoretical framework that draws on motivation science to explicate its psychological underpinnings. Leveraging cybernetic big five and regulatory mode theories, I argue that the self-regulation processes underlying key personality structures can explain why regulatory vulnerabilities can lead to various kinds of akratic failures. For example, I elucidate how maladjusted extraversion associated with a chronic malfunctioning of the assessment and locomotion modes could lead to hedonic dysregulations typical of a specific form of akratic behavior characterized by excessive self-indulgence. This new framework marries multiple disciplines and recomposes the fragmentation of the philosophical speculation on akrasia, suggesting pathways towards potential psychological interventions to mitigate its maladaptive consequences.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/La-psicologia-dellakrasia-comportamenti-intenzionali-contrari-al-proprio-giudizio.jpg\" aria-label=\"The Psychology of Akrasia (intentional behaviour against one\u2019s better judgment)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/La-psicologia-dellakrasia-comportamenti-intenzionali-contrari-al-proprio-giudizio.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/La-psicologia-dellakrasia-comportamenti-intenzionali-contrari-al-proprio-giudizio.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/La-psicologia-dellakrasia-comportamenti-intenzionali-contrari-al-proprio-giudizio-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/La-psicologia-dellakrasia-comportamenti-intenzionali-contrari-al-proprio-giudizio-1024x414.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1050px) 100vw, 1050px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-4183 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-articoli-scientifici-en\" data-id=\"4183\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap: 0.7rem;\"><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/en\/articoli_scientifici\/kant-and-regulatory-focus-theory\/\">Kant and Regulatory Focus Theory<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Bella, A. F. (2022). The psychological motives of prevention and promotion focus behind the Kantian conception of practical ideas and ideals: commentary and extension to Englert\u2019s (2022) \u2018How a Kantian ideal can be practical\u2019. <em>Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy<\/em>. <span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/0020174X.2022.2128866\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/0020174X.2022.2128866<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span>(paywall)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free access preprints at the following links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/363944680_The_psychological_motives_of_prevention_and_promotion_focus_behind_the_Kantian_conception_of_practical_ideas_and_ideals_commentary_and_extension_to_Englert's_2022_'How_a_Kantian_ideal_can_be_practical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/363944680_The_psychological_motives_of_prevention_and_promotion_focus_behind_the_Kantian_conception_of_practical_ideas_and_ideals_commentary_and_extension_to_Englert&#8217;s_2022_&#8217;How_a_Kantian_ideal_can_be_practical<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/89937386\/The_psychological_motives_of_prevention_and_promotion_focus_behind_the_Kantian_conception_of_practical_ideas_and_ideals_commentary_and_extension_to_Englert_s_2022_How_a_Kantian_ideal_can_be_practical_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/89937386\/The_psychological_motives_of_prevention_and_promotion_focus_behind_the_Kantian_conception_of_practical_ideas_and_ideals_commentary_and_extension_to_Englert_s_2022_How_a_Kantian_ideal_can_be_practical_<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"w-text usg_text_1\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Abstract<\/span><\/span><\/p><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_2 spezzaurl without_sections\"><p>The present brief commentary to Englert\u2019s recent article on Kant\u2019s distinction between practical ideas and ideals extends the significance of its contribution by considering the psychological dimensions underpinned by those ethical concepts. According to regulatory focus theory, in the moral domain the prevention focus subsumes duties and obligations, whereas the promotion focus underlies aspirations toward virtue. I argue here that prevention motives induce the enactment of behaviours consistent with ethical rules corresponding to Kant\u2019s practical idea, and that promotion motives inspire imitation processes aimed at advancement toward the archetypal excellence of Kant\u2019s practical ideal. I conclude discussing the relevance and value, beyond Kant\u2019s ethical conception, of a psychological analysis of the main Western normative theories through the lens of regulatory focus and the other motivational primitives.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kant-e-la-teoria-autoregolativa-della-prevenzione-e-promozione.jpg\" aria-label=\"Kant and Regulatory Focus Theory\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1009\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kant-e-la-teoria-autoregolativa-della-prevenzione-e-promozione.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kant-e-la-teoria-autoregolativa-della-prevenzione-e-promozione.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Kant-e-la-teoria-autoregolativa-della-prevenzione-e-promozione-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-4185 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-articoli-scientifici-en\" data-id=\"4185\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap: 0.7rem;\"><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/en\/articoli_scientifici\/motivational-primitives-and-the-main-normative-theories-in-moral-philosophy\/\">&#8220;Motivational Primitives&#8221; and the Main Normative Theories in Moral Philosophy<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Bella, A. F. (2022). Where psychological science meets moral theory: linking up motivational primitives with normative ethics. <em>Theory and Psychology, 32<\/em> (4), 590-612. <span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/09593543221100493\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/09593543221100493<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span>(paywall)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free access preprints at the following links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/360969275_Where_psychological_science_meets_moral_theory_Linking_up_motivational_primitives_with_normative_ethics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/360969275_Where_psychological_science_meets_moral_theory_Linking_up_motivational_primitives_with_normative_ethics<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/80362664\/Where_psychological_science_meets_moral_theory_Linking_up_motivational_primitives_with_normative_ethics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/80362664\/Where_psychological_science_meets_moral_theory_Linking_up_motivational_primitives_with_normative_ethics<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"w-text usg_text_1\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Abstract<\/span><\/span><\/p><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_2 spezzaurl without_sections\"><p>The main normative moral theories in Western thought, from deontology to virtue and consequentialist ethics, revolve around conceptions of the moral right, good, and worth. However, a few elementary psychological motives lie at a deeper level. In the present article, I outline the key tenets of regulatory focus, regulatory mode, and the hedonic principle (approach\/avoidance), which I define \u201cmotivational primitives\u201d, and provide a conceptual analysis of their links with specific ethical systems. I unveil how moral judgment in each of them is psychologically construed on the basis of the motivational primitives and their underlying self-regulatory processes. The credibility of the proposed framework will be fully brought to life when researchers, having agreed on satisfactory operationalizations and manipulations of the primitives, will be able to reconcile the speculative and the empirical planes.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/I-primitivi-motivazionali-e-le-principali-teorie-normative-in-Etica.jpg\" aria-label=\"&#8220;Motivational Primitives&#8221; and the Main Normative Theories in Moral Philosophy\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"925\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/I-primitivi-motivazionali-e-le-principali-teorie-normative-in-Etica.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/I-primitivi-motivazionali-e-le-principali-teorie-normative-in-Etica.jpg 925w, https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/I-primitivi-motivazionali-e-le-principali-teorie-normative-in-Etica-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-4187 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-articoli-scientifici-en\" data-id=\"4187\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_none valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap: 0.7rem;\"><h3 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/en\/articoli_scientifici\/locomotion-mode-and-sensitivity-to-moral-norms\/\">Locomotion Mode and Sensitivity to Moral Norms<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Cornwell, J. F. M., &amp; Bella, A. F. (2022). Morals for the sake of movement: locomotion and sensitivity to norms in moral dilemmas. <em>Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 101<\/em>, 104322. <span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jesp.2022.104322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jesp.2022.104322<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span>(paywall)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free access preprints at the following links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/359442490_Morals_for_the_sake_of_movement_Locomotion_and_sensitivity_to_norms_in_moral_dilemmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/359442490_Morals_for_the_sake_of_movement_Locomotion_and_sensitivity_to_norms_in_moral_dilemmas<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/76693735\/Morals_for_the_sake_of_movement_Locomotion_and_sensitivity_to_norms_in_moral_dilemmas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/76693735\/Morals_for_the_sake_of_movement_Locomotion_and_sensitivity_to_norms_in_moral_dilemmas<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p class=\"w-text usg_text_1\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Abstract<\/span><\/span><\/p><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_2 spezzaurl without_sections\"><p>Recent research on moral dilemmas has delineated preferences for utilitarian vs. deontological judgments along three parameters: sensitivity to consequences, sensitivity to norms, and general preferences for inaction (Gawronski et al., 2017; K\u00f6rner et al., 2020). However, research has not yet determined whether motivational differences contribute to these three parameters in moral judgment. Across two studies, using regulatory mode theory, we demonstrate that a motivation to initiate and sustain smooth movement (locomotion), independent of a motive to engage in critical evaluation and reflection (assessment), is associated with greater sensitivity to norms in moral judgments. We demonstrate this association through both a chronic measure of individual differences (Study 1), and through a preregistered experimental induction (Study 2). Implications of our findings for moral judgment and motivation are discussed.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"w-post-elm post_image usg_post_image_1 stretched\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/La-modalita-locomozione-e-la-sensibilita-alle-norme.jpg\" aria-label=\"Locomotion Mode and Sensitivity to Moral Norms\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"987\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/La-modalita-locomozione-e-la-sensibilita-alle-norme.jpg\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/La-modalita-locomozione-e-la-sensibilita-alle-norme.jpg 987w, https:\/\/www.antoniofabiobella.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/La-modalita-locomozione-e-la-sensibilita-alle-norme-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 987px) 100vw, 987px\" 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