The relationship between gender, moral intuition, and party behaviors among college students
Open Access
Author:
Divver, Brittany
Area of Honors:
Criminology
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type:
Thesis
Thesis Supervisors:
Eric Silver, Thesis Supervisor Stacy Silver, Thesis Honors Advisor
Keywords:
Moral Foundations Morals Self-control drugs alcohol hookup culture sex sexes gender moral intuitions drug use alcohol consumption hookup frequency deviant deviant behaviors
Abstract:
Through the analysis of data derived from 1,488 college students and applying the Moral Foundation Theory, I examined the relationship between moral intuitions and party behaviors (including hookups, drug use, and alcohol consumption) and how these behaviors relate to the participant’s sex (male and female). Through my research, I found that moral intuitions involving care, fairness, loyalty, and sanctity had a significant relationship to these deviant behaviors. Additionally, there was a significant coefficient in the data that revealed females used drugs less frequently than males. The other two party behaviors (hookups and alcohol consumption) revealed no significant differences between the sexes. This study builds on prior research in suggesting that a student’s decision to participate in potentially dangerous deviant behaviors is linked to their morality, which further suggests that to reduce such dangers our society should focus on strengthening the morals that correlate to better decision-making.
