The moral foundations theory and the political orientation behind the support or rejection to the chilean student movement of 2011

The research studies the moral foundations related to the support or rejection of the Chilean Student Movement MECh, during the manifestations of 2011 (N=170). According to the factorial analysis - exploratory and confirmatory-, the foundations of Justice/cheating, harm/ care, authority/subversion, and sanctity/degradation behaved consistently with the theory; but loyalty/betrayal was divided in two values: patriotism and loyalty. justice/cheating and harm/care were associated with the political left and the support to the movement. Patriotism, authority/ subversion, and sanctity/degradation were associated with the right and the rejection to the movement. A structural equation model reveals that harm/care was directly related to the support to movement; while justice/ cheating and authority/subversion was mediated by political orientation.