Innocent cheaters: a new scale measuring the moral disengagement of marital infidelity

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Lișman ◽  
ANDREI CORNELIU HOLMAN
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Marital Relationships ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Total N ◽  
Dominant Strategies ◽  
Marital Infidelity ◽  
Attribution Of Blame ◽  
Moral Justifications

Marital infidelity is both socially perceived as immoral and very frequent. This contradiction might be explained through the process of moral disengagement, specifically by the use of certain socially shared moral justifications of infidelity, which consequently foster unfaithful behavior. This research developed and examined the Infidelity Moral Disengagement Scale (IMDS), aiming to capture the strategies of morally legitimizing infidelity used among people engaged in marital relationships. Across two studies (total N = 609 married participants) we investigated the dimensions and psychometric properties of the IMDS. Results showed that the dominant strategies of legitimizing marital infidelity are the diffusion of responsibility, the attribution of blame on the cheated partner, advantageous comparisons with other immoral acts, justifying infidelity through certain benefits, and minimizing its negative consequences. The IMDS emerged as negatively related to moral identity and strongly associated to people’s past infidelity and to their tendency to engage in unfaithful behaviors.

Moral Identity Questionnaire (MIQ) Adaptation and Psychometric Properties in Spanish Population

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miquel Alabèrnia-Segura ◽  
David Gallardo-Pujol ◽  
Guillem Feixas
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Adequate Reliability

Aims:To develop a Spanish version of the Moral Identity Questionnaire (MIQ) and evaluate its psychometric properties among a population in Spain.Methods:A Spanish version of the Moral Identity Questionnaire (MIQ) was developed by a Spanish and English speakers through translation and back-translation. The translated MIQ was administered to a sample of Spanish general population. The validity and reliability of the scale were tested using standard statistical methods.Results:The translated version of the MIQ scale was found to have outstanding domain coherence and language clarity. The tested scales have adequate reliability (>0.55). Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the two-factor solution by yielding adequate results. Conclusions:This study presents the first validation of the MIQ questionnaire with Spanish general population. MIQ instrument was found to have satisfactory psychometric properties, resulting in a new moral and social research tool.

Will Creative Employees Always Make Trouble? Investigating the Roles of Moral Identity and Moral Disengagement

2017 ◽  
Vol 157 (3) ◽  
pp. 653-672 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoming Zheng ◽  
Xin Qin ◽  
Xin Liu ◽  
Hui Liao
Keyword(s):  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Moral Identity

scholarly journals Brokering Orientations and Social Capital: Influencing Others’ Relationships Shapes Status and Trust

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nir Halevy ◽  
Eliran Halali ◽  
Taya R. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Network Ties ◽  
Multidimensional Measure ◽  
Behavioral Tendencies ◽  
Conciliatory Behavior

Individuals often influence others’ relationships, for better or worse. We conceptualize social influence processes that impact others’ social networks as brokering, and advance a multifaceted model that explains how brokering behaviors can create, terminate, reinforce, and modify others’ network ties. To empirically study brokering, we introduce and validate the Brokering Orientations Scale (BOS), a multidimensional measure that captures individuals’ behavioral tendencies to act as intermediaries, conciliators, and dividers. Six studies (N=1,723) explored the psychometric properties of the BOS (Studies 1a-1c) and investigated the effects of distinct forms of brokering on brokers’ social capital (Studies 2-4). The intermediary, conciliatory and divisive brokering orientations related differently to extraversion, agreeableness, perspective-taking, moral identity and Machiavellianism, among other individual differences. The effects of brokering on social capital varied as a function of the brokering orientation and the aspect of social capital. Intermediary behavior garnered status; conciliatory behavior promoted trust and prestige; and divisive behavior fueled brokers’ perceived dominance. Overall, the current paper elucidates the concept of brokering orientations, introduces a novel measure of brokering orientations, and explains how brokering behavior shapes brokers’ social capital.

The effect of absenteeism and school failure in the consumption of snuff in a sample of students in 3rd and 4th of Secondary Education / El efecto del absentismo y el fracaso escolar en el consumo de tabaco, en una muestra de estudiantes de 3º y 4º (...)

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Corbí Gran ◽  
Miguel Ángel Pérez Nieto
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Education ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Total Population ◽  
School Failure ◽  
School Absenteeism ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Grade Repetition ◽  
Total N ◽  
El Alto ◽  
The Relationship

Objetivos: El presente estudio tiene como objetivo ver la relación existente entre el sexo, el absentismo escolar y la repetición de curso junto al consumo de tabaco en adolescentes de 3º y 4º de la ESO. Método: Los participantes de este estudio fueron un total de 688 adolescentes. Dichos participantes fueron extraídos de la población total (N= 7.832) de adolescentes de 3º y 4º de la ESO de Vitoria (Álava). Para recoger dichos datos se utilizó el cuestionario de la Encuesta Estatal sobre uso de drogas en Enseñanza Secundaria (ESTUDES). Resultados: Los resultados del estudio muestran una prevalencia de consumo de tabaco mayor por parte del sexo femenino en comparación con el masculino. Así mismo, aquellos sujetos que realizan un mayor consumo son quienes más faltan a clase o quienes obtienen un mayor fracaso escolar repitiendo uno o varios cursos. Conclusiones: Las consecuencias negativas experimentadas por el consumo de tabaco reflejan el alto riesgo de fracaso o absentismo escolar. Consecuencias que se deberían tener en cuenta en los próximos programas preventivos con el objetivo de la reducción del daño. AbstractObjectives: This study aims to see the relationship between sex, school absenteeism and grade repetition by the consumption of snuff in adolescents 3 º and 4 º ESO. Method: Participants in this study were a total of 688 adolescents. These participants were drawn from the total population (N = 7832) of teenagers from 3rd and 4th of ESO of Vitoria (Alava). To collect the data we used the National Survey on Drug Use in Secondary Education (ESTUDES). Results: The results of the study show a prevalence of snuff increased by females compared with males. Also, those subjects who made ​​more consumption are the ones who miss class or who obtain a higher school failure repeating one or more courses. Conclusions: The negative consequences experienced by the consumption of snuff reflect the high risk of failure or truancy. Consequences should consider preventive upcoming programs in order to harm reduction.

School Climate and Adolescents’ Cyberbullying Perpetration: A Moderated Mediation Model of Moral Disengagement and Friends’ Moral Identity

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051986008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xingchao Wang ◽  
Fengqing Zhao ◽  
Jiping Yang ◽  
Li Lei
Keyword(s):  
School Climate ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Moral Identity ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
Climate Scale ◽  
Indirect Relationship

Based on an integration of the positive youth development model and the social cognitive theory, friends’ moral identity was examined as a moderator of the direct and indirect relations between school climate and adolescent’s cyberbullying perpetration via moral disengagement. Participants were 404 Chinese adolescents ( Mage = 13.53 years, SD = 0.92). They completed the Perceived School Climate Scale and the Moral Identity Scale and nominated up to three friends whom they considered to be their “best friend” in their classroom at Time 1. After 6 months, they completed the Moral Disengagement Scale and the Cyberbullying Scale at Time 2. Results showed that adolescents who experienced positive school climate were less likely to cyberbully others, which was mediated by their moral disengagement. Friends’ moral identity moderated the direct and indirect relations between school climate and cyberbullying perpetration. Specifically, the indirect relationship between school climate and cyberbullying perpetration through moral disengagement became nonsignificant for adolescents interacting with high moral identity friends. The direct association between school climate and cyberbullying perpetration was moderated by friends’ moral identity.

DYSFUNCTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BELIEFS IN MARITAL SATISFACTION AND ADJUSTMENT

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeynep Hamamci
Keyword(s):  
Marital Satisfaction ◽  
Cognitive Distortions ◽  
Marital Relationships ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Dyadic Adjustment Scale ◽  
Relationship Beliefs ◽  
Life Scale ◽  
Married Individuals ◽  
Dysfunctional Relationships

This study investigated the association between dysfunctional relationship beliefs and marital relationships of Turkish nonclinical married individuals. The Interpersonal Cognitive Distortions Scale (Hamamci & Büyüközturk, 2004), Dyadic Adjustment Scale (Spanier, 1976), and Marriage Life Scale (Tezer, 1986), which measure marital satisfaction, were administered to the sample of 190 married females and males. Analysis revealed that married individuals with low dyadic adjustment endorsed significantly more dysfunctional relationship beliefs than did those with high dyadic adjustment. It was found that dysfunctional relationship beliefs, including especially beliefs concerning being very close to others in their relationships causing negative consequences, have negative and moderate level correlation with the marital adjustment of males, and negative and very low level correlations were found between marital satisfaction and dysfunctional relationships beliefs. But mindreading beliefs were positively associated with the marital satisfaction of females. Although there were no significant age or gender differences in dysfunctional relationship beliefs, significant differences were observed in dysfunctional relationship beliefs in terms of the education level of married individuals.

Moral Disengagement in the Perpetration of Inhumanities

1999 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Bandura
Keyword(s):  
Moral Agency ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Regulatory Mechanisms ◽  
Personal Agency ◽  
Personal Standards ◽  
Moral Conduct ◽  
Attribution Of Blame ◽  
The Many ◽  
And Diffusion

Moral agency is manifested in both the power to refrain from behaving inhumanely and the proactive power to behave humanely. Moral agency is embedded in a broader sociocognitive self theory encompassing self-organizing, proactive, self-reflective, and self-regulatory mechanisms rooted in personal standards linked to self-sanctions. The self-regulatory mechanisms governing moral conduct do not come into play unless they are activated, and there are many psychosocial maneuvers by which moral self-sanctions are selectively disengaged from inhumane conduct. The moral disengagement may center on the cognitive restructuring of inhumane conduct into a benign or worthy one by moral justification, sanitizing language, and advantageous comparison; disavowal of a sense of personal agency by diffusion or displacement of responsibility; disregarding or minimizing the injurious effects of one 's actions; and attribution of blame to, and dehumanization of those who are victimized. Many inhumanities operate through a supportive network of legitimate enterprises run by otherwise considerate people who contribute to destructive activities by disconnected subdivision of functions and diffusion of responsibility. Given the many mechanisms for disengaging moral control, civilized life requires, in addition to humane personal standards, safeguards built into social systems that uphold compassionate behavior and renounce cruelty.

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