Date Approved
10-30-2008
Embargo Period
3-21-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A. in Mental Health Counseling and Applied Psychology
Department
Psychology
College
College of Science & Mathematics
Advisor
Angelone, DJ
Subject(s)
Religiousness; Sexual harassment
Disciplines
Psychology
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Hastings, Dana, "Religiosity as a protective factor against sexual aggression" (2008). Theses and Dissertations. 697.
https://rdw.rowan.edu/etd/697
