Preserved Dissonance as an Extension of Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Published online on March 10, 2026
Abstract
Culture & Psychology, Ahead of Print.
Moral policing, the informal social regulation of behaviour through moral judgement, occurs globally, yet the processes that allow it to persist remain underexamined within psychological research. This article introduces the concept of preserved ...
Moral policing, the informal social regulation of behaviour through moral judgement, occurs globally, yet the processes that allow it to persist remain underexamined within psychological research. This article introduces the concept of preserved ...