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ArticleNature human behaviour2026

Educational interventions are effective in improving students' ethical and moral outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Geetanjali Basarkod, Liana S Cahill, Adam Burston, David Barnett, John Mahoney, Shantell Griffith, Ghassani Swaryandini, Emma L Bradshaw, Emma K Devine, Md Akhtaruzzaman and 9 more

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Article in Nature human behaviour, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Geetanjali BasarkodInstitute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia. geetanjali.basarkod@acu.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3708-2751
Liana S CahillSchool of Allied Health, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1730-9843
Adam BurstonSchool of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1135-3413
David BarnettSchool of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1841-0633
John MahoneyCentre for Education and Innovation, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1056-7348
Shantell GriffithSchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6893-6807
Ghassani SwaryandiniSchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4362-8650
Emma L BradshawInstitute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6423-5499
Emma K DevineThe Matilda Centre for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8110-6445
Md AkhtaruzzamanPeter Faber Business School, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7795-1451
Theresa DickeInstitute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8868-2242
Matti WilksDepartment of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3814-3763
Peter SlatteryMIT FutureTech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6083-378X
Alexander K SaeriSchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9254-0300
Emily A C GrundyMIT FutureTech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4059-0311
Chris LonsdaleOffice of the Provost, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2523-5565
Herbert W MarshInstitute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1078-9717
Suzanne K ChambersFaculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2369-6111
Michael NoetelSchool of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6563-8203

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Addressing society's greatest challenges, such as climate change, requires us to act as moral agents. If effective, interventions within schools and universities could cultivate ethical and moral attributes in millions of people. This systematic review and meta-analysis, preregistered on the Open Science Framework ( https://osf.io/bdn2u ), synthesizes evidence from 92 randomized controlled trials conducted in naturalistic education settings across primary, secondary and tertiary education levels (k

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