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Morning Morality Effect (disputed)
An early claim that people behave less dishonestly in the morning has not held up in larger experiments and meta-analysis.
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Checked source previewAcademic paper
Investigating the Morning Morality Effect and Its Mediating and Moderating Factors
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- What it supports
- The time effect was OR=1.04, 95% CI 0.93 to 1.17; a combined estimate was d=0.04, 95% CI −0.01 to 0.10, and no proposed mediator or moderator was supported.
- Where it may not transfer
- One country, online task and morning-versus-evening comparison do not cover every work schedule or decision. Self-reported die rolls are an indirect dishonesty measure.
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