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The Impact of Moral Judgment on the Relationship Between Trait Aggression and Deviant Behavior
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Bell, Matthew L. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Abstract | Matthew L. Bell. THE IMPACT OF MORAL JUDGMENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRAIT AGGRESSION AND DEVIANT BEHAVIOR. (Under the direction of Dr. Mark Bowler) Department of Psychology, May 2014. The purpose of this study was to investigate moral judgments' mediating effect on the relationship between trait aggression and deviant behavior. Participants consisted of 337 undergraduate students at a large southeastern university. An online survey format measured the two facets of trait aggression (implicit and explicit), moral development, ethical ideology, and deviant behavior. Driven by the literature, a saturated model was created and a path analysis tested all hypothesized relationships. Findings were as follows: 1) cognitive moral development significantly mediated the relationship between trait aggression and deviant behavior; 2) explicit aggression significantly moderated the relationship between implicit aggression and deviant behavior; 3) moral judgment was significantly related to trait aggression and deviant behavior; and 4) cognitive moral development was significantly related to ethical ideology. The study serves to highlight avenues that influence and potentially decrease the occurrence of deviant behaviors in academic and organizational settings. THE IMPACT OF MORAL JUDGMENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRAIT AGGRESSION AND DEVIANT BEHAVIOR A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Psychology East Carolina University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master of Arts in Psychology by Matthew L. Bell June 20, 2014 © (Matthew L. Bell, 2014) THE IMPACT OF MORAL JUDGMENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRAIT AGGRESSION AND DEVIANT BEHAVIOR |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://thescholarship.ecu.edu/bitstream/handle/10342/4509/Bell_ecu_0600O_11244.pdf;sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
