Religiosity as a protective factor against sexual aggression

<p>The potential protective nature of religiosity against sexual aggression was investigated. This was accomplished by using a laboratory analogue of sexual harassment that uses sexually oriented joke telling to mimic sexual harassment among peers in the real world. It was hypothesized that religiosity would predict the number of jokes told by participants such that individuals with higher rates of religiosity would tell fewer jokes than those with lower rates of religiosity. There was a total of 76 participants that answered questionnaires about their religiosity and took part in the joke telling laboratory analogue. Linear regressions indicated no such predictive relationship between religiosity and the number of jokes told by participants. The findings are incongruent with the research on religiosity's relationship with aggression and sexual behaviors and attitudes.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A. in Mental Health Counseling and Applied Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2008

Author dc:creator

• Hastings, Dana

Contributors dc:contributor

• Angelone, DJ

• Religiousness; Sexual harassment
• Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/697

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:rdw.rowan.edu:etd-1716