Abstract: Umbrella Movement, the largest protest ever happened in Hong Kong, the political movement has been repeatedly studying from political, historical and cultural perspectives. In a sense, the peripheral factors were well-defined. However, the real influences on individual psychological factors were not yet known. The present study investigated the relationship between moral and self-control through Umbrella Movement. Self-reported questionnaire was used as the main measure in the present study. Pro-movement respondents (n = 628) aged between 18 and 25 (M = 22.23, SD = 2.03) were included in the study, both supporters (did not participate in Umbrella Movement) and actors (participated in Umbrella Movement) completed the same measures of moral disengagement scale, brief self-control scale and daily behavior checklist. Results revealed that there were distinct differences across all measuring scales between actors and supporters. In which, actors showed higher levels of moral disengagement, lower levels of self-control and prone to display unruly behaviors. Simultaneously, self-control was weakened by the extent of moral disengagement accordingly. The findings also evidenced that low self-control is a key factor to cause unruly behavior such as verbal bullying, verbal conflict with family and verbal conflict with teacher or boss. The study implied that self-control was weakened by moral disengagement due to the participation in Umbrella Movement. Most importantly, the present study validated that the weakened self-control is a stumbling stone to progress successful educational attainment and occupational accomplishment.
Keywords: Umbrella Movement, collective action, moral disengagement, self-control.
Title: An Investigation into the Relationship between Moral and Self-Control: The Aftermath of Umbrella Movement
Author: Annissa Lee
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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