How is emotional intelligence associated with moral disgust? The mediating role of social support and forgiveness

Based on the perspective of positive psychology, this study explored the influence of emotional intelligence on moral disgust for the first time. Meanwhile, based on the perspective of external support resources and internal resilience resources, it explored the mediating role of social support and forgiveness. In this study, 956 participants aged 17–26 were recruited by cluster sampling and random sampling, and they completed 4 related questionnaires. We used the structural equation model for analysis and found that emotional intelligence significantly correlated with moral disgust in a positive way. Meanwhile, forgiveness is the important mediating mechanism between the two, and emotional intelligence also influence forgiveness through social support and ultimately positively affect moral disgust. The results of this study not only enrich the theoretical research in the field of positive psychology and morality, but also have important implications on how to improve the moral disgust of the public.