Long story short: we didn’t replicate the effect.
Conclusion: The link between regulatory fit (or this manipulation) and moral behavior isn’t as robust as previously thought. Time for more scrutiny. 🔍
Paper in press at the European Journal of Personality. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

In a project with @kascigala.bsky.social and @stepf.bsky.social , we tested this in three well-powered studies (N = 3,150), using the same manipulations and moral behavior measures as Achar & Lee. So… did it hold up?

🚨STOP, replication time!🚨
Does Feeling “Right” Make the Good More Good (and the Bad More Bad)?
Achar & Lee found that when people experience regulatory fit, moral predispositions get amplified—moral folks act more moral, less moral folks act less moral. Big, exciting claim!

Across three studies (N = 3,150) we did not manage to replicate the effect.

Now in press at the European Journal of Personality ✨

Preprint here:
osf.io/preprints/ps...

Does “feeling right”—that is, experiencing regulatory fit—lead us to act more in line with our moral preferences?

With @schildchristoph.bsky.social and @stepf.bsky.social, we conducted a series of the first large-scale, independent close replications in the field of regulatory fit.