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The Moral and Spiritual Dimensions of Freedom Movement Exemplars

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dc.contributorBurnham, Joy J
dc.contributorThoma, Steven J
dc.contributorFair, Bryan
dc.contributorWebb, Alan L
dc.contributorMason, J B
dc.contributor.advisorBurnham, Joy J.
dc.contributor.advisorThoma, Steve J
dc.contributor.authorHarvey, Robin Lynette
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-13T20:33:41Z
dc.date.available2022-04-13T20:33:41Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT This exploratory study examined the life stories of Freedom Movement exemplars. Previous exemplar studies have indicated the presence of spiritual factors in the consideration of motivations behind exemplary action. The present study utilized the Life Story Interview (McAdams, 2008) with Freedom Movement exemplars, whose existing language explicitly stated moral and spiritual dimensions. For this study, Life Story Interviews were scored for moral personality characteristics as well as for agency, communion, redemptive sequences, and contamination sequences. Results indicated that spiritual elements were present in the Life Story interviews of Freedom Movement exemplars. Spiritual dimensions were discussed in the shaping of the exemplars’ lives, offering meaning and purpose to them. Freedom Movement exemplar scores for moral personality characteristics were exceedingly high, including the normally polar characteristics of dominance and nurturance. Previous exemplar research (e.g., Walker & Frimer, 2007) has suggested some divergence in characteristics between exemplars, where caring exemplars tended to be more nurturing and brave exemplars tended to be more dominant. Freedom Movement exemplars exhibited both moral personality characteristics of dominance and nurturance, implying they possess an unusual makeup of moral personality characteristics.en_US
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dc.identifier.otherhttp://purl.lib.ua.edu/176870
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0003664
dc.identifier.otherHarvey_alatus_0004D_14281
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/8369
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Libraries Digital Collections
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectCivil Rights
dc.subjectFreedom Movement
dc.subjectMoral Psychology
dc.subjectMorality
dc.subjectSpiritual Psychology
dc.subjectSpirituality
dc.titleThe Moral and Spiritual Dimensions of Freedom Movement Exemplarsen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling
etdms.degree.disciplineEducational Psychology
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.

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