Impact of moral judgment and moral disengagement on rape-supportive attitudes in college males

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dc.contributorBlack, Stephen F.
dc.contributorAdams, Natalie G.
dc.contributorRobinson, Cecil D.
dc.contributorSchumacker, Randall E.
dc.contributor.advisorThoma, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorCarroll, Jessica Ashley
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-28T22:21:30Z
dc.date.available2017-02-28T22:21:30Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.descriptionElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen_US
dc.description.abstractSexual aggression and, more specifically, non-stranger sexual assault, commonly referred to as date rape, has been documented as a serious problem on college campuses for at least three decades (Fezzani & Benshoff, 2003). Current research shows that college fraternity men are more likely to rape or sexually assault college women than non-fraternity men (Bohmer & Parrot, 1993; Boumil, Friedman, & Taylor, 1993; Sanday, 1990). This study supplemented the existing explanations for high incidence of sexual assault by confirming a hypothesized model to explain rape-supportive attitudes in fraternity males. Specifically, this study hypothesized a model in which moral disengagement and moral judgment explained the rape-supportive attitudes of fraternity members. The Moral Disengagement Scale, Defining Issues Test-2, and Sexual Assault Vignette were administered in a cross-sectional study to undergraduate fraternity (N=66) and non-fraternity males (N=134). Preliminary analysis indicated that fraternity men were significantly higher than non-fraternity men on moral disengagement (t (198) = 12.27, p<.05, d = 1.7), lower on measures of moral judgment (t (198) = 3.85, p<.05, d = .58) and higher on measures of rape-supportive attitudes (t (198) = -5.10, p<.05, d=-.74). The path analysis indicated that there were significant relationships between the variables in the hypothesized model, and a t-test for parallelism indicated that there were significant differences in the paths for fraternity and non-fraternity men. The relations among constructs and significant differences in scores indicate that future research on ethical interventions should be explored.en_US
dc.format.extent156 p.
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.otheru0015_0000001_0000116
dc.identifier.otherCarroll_alatus_0004D_10137
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/623
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Alabama Libraries
dc.relation.hasversionborn digital
dc.relation.ispartofThe University of Alabama Electronic Theses and Dissertations
dc.rightsAll rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.en_US
dc.subjectEducation, Educational Psychology
dc.subjectDevelopmental psychology
dc.subjectSocial psychology
dc.titleImpact of moral judgment and moral disengagement on rape-supportive attitudes in college malesen_US
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etdms.degree.departmentUniversity of Alabama. Department of Educational Studies in Psychology, Research Methodology, and Counseling
etdms.degree.disciplineEducational Psychology
etdms.degree.grantorThe University of Alabama
etdms.degree.leveldoctoral
etdms.degree.namePh.D.
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