Burak DogruyolSinan AlperOnurcan YilmazDogruyol, BurakAlper, SinanYilmaz, Onurcan2025-10-0620190191-88691873-354910.1016/j.paid.2019.109547http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109547https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/7128https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2019.109547Although numerous models attempted to explain the nature of moral judgment moral foundations theory (MFT) led to a paradigmatic change in this field by proposing pluralist moralities (care fairness loyalty authority sanctity). The five-factor structure of MFT is thought to be universal and rooted in the evolutionary past but the evidence is scarce regarding the stability of this five-factor structure across diverse cultures. We tested this universality argument in a cross-cultural dataset of 30 diverse societies spanning the WEIRD (Western educated industrialized rich democratic) and non-WEIRD cultures by testing measurement invariance of the short-form of the moral foundations questionnaire. The results supported the original conceptualization that there are at least five diverse moralities although loadings of items differ across WEIRD and non-WEIRD cultures. In other words the current research shows for the first time that the five-factor structure of MFT is stable in the WEIRD and non-WEIRD cultures.Englishinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessMoral foundations questionnaire, Measurement invariance, WEIRD and non-WEIRD cultures, Cross-cultural assessment, Moral psychologyFIT INDEXES, QUESTIONNAIRE, HYPOTHESIS, VALIDATION, VALIDITY, LIBERALS, SETSCross-Cultural AssessmentMoral PsychologyMeasurement InvarianceWEIRD and Non-WEIRD CulturesMoral Foundations QuestionnaireArticle