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Call for Studies: Meta-Analysis of Reflectiveness |
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| Posted by: | Nick Byrd |
| Title/Position: | Assistant Professor |
| School/Organization: | Geisinger College of Health Sciences |
| Sent to listserv of: | SESP |
| Date posted: | July 2nd, 2026 |
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Dear colleagues,
We are conducting a meta-analysis of trait reflectiveness and moral dilemma responding, focusing on the process dissociation approach to moral dilemmas (Conway & Gawronski, 2013) and focusing on Need for Cognition (e.g., Cacioppo, Petty, Feinstein, & Jarvis, 1996) and Cognitive Reflection Tests (e.g., Frederick, 2005) as our measures of reflectiveness. We have completed a thorough search of published literature and are seeking unpublished data to include in the analysis.
To be eligible for inclusion, studies must contain: (A) some variant of either the CRT or an NFC scale; and (B) responses to a battery of sacrificial moral dilemmas amenable to a process dissociation analysis, which would include dilemma batteries such as the following:
- Conway, P., & Gawronski, B. (2013). Deontological and utilitarian inclinations in moral decision making: A process dissociation approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104(2), 216–235. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0031021
- Gawronski, B., Armstrong, J., Conway, P., Friesdorf, R., & Hütter, M. (2017). Consequences, norms, and generalized inaction in moral dilemmas: The CNI model of moral decision-making. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 113, 343–376. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000086
- Körner, A., Deutsch, R., & Gawronski, B. (2020). Using the CNI model to investigate individual differences in moral dilemma judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 1392–1407. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220907203
- Hennig, M., & Hütter, M. (2020). Revisiting the divide between deontology and utilitarianism in moral dilemma judgment: A multinomial modeling approach. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 118(1), 22–56. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000173
- Conway, P., & Rosas Lopez, A. (2017). Updated PD Dilemmas—Control Dilemmas, Fated Victims, Guilty Victims, Selfish Acts [Stimuli]. Open Science Framework. https://osf.io/fbcxv/overview
If you have conducted a study that meets these inclusion criteria and is not yet published, we would be extremely grateful if you contacted us at NByrd@Geisinger.edu or nick.a.byrd[at]gmail.com by August 1, 2026 (or sooner).
Best,
Nick Byrd, Geisinger College of Health Sciences
Caleb Reynolds, Willamette University
Paul Conway, University of Southampton
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