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Relationen mellan the Big Five och attityder till våldsamt beteende
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work.
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work.
Örebro University, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work.
2019 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka sambandet mellan personlighet, definierat enligt the Big Five, och attityder till våldsamt beteende. Positiva attityder till våldsamt beteende har visat sig vara en riskfaktor för att utveckla ett våldsamt beteende, och personlighet har även visat sig vara relaterat till det här sambandet. Studien utformades med en tvärsnittsdesign och data samlades in genom en enkät i en Facebookgrupp. Deltagarna bestod av 128 personer (33,6 % män, medelålder 25,59 år, SD=4,96). De övergripande resultaten visade att låga nivåer i vänlighet hade en av de starkaste kopplingarna till positiva attityder till våldsamt beteende. Kön visade sig också spela en viktig roll i sambandet och flera signifikanta resultat försvann när kön kontrollerades för. Män hade även lägre nivåer av vänlighet än vad kvinnor hade. Slutsatserna som kunde dras kring den här studien var att vänlighet var den personlighetsdimensionen som hade den starkaste kopplingen till positiva attityder till våldsamt beteende och kön hade en stark koppling till sambandet mellan personlighet och attityder till våldsamt beteende

Abstract [en]

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between personality, defined according to the Big Five, and attitudes towards violent behavior. Positive attitudes towards violent behavior has been shown to be a risk factor for the development of violent behavior, and personality has also been shown to be related to this connection. The current study consisted of 128 people (33,6 % men, mean age 25,59, SD=4,96) The overall results show that low levels of agreeableness had the strongest connection to positive attitudes towards violence. Gender played an important part in the study, and multiple significant results disappeared when controlling for this factor. Men had lower levels of agreeableness than women, and the conclusions drawn from this study were that agreeableness had the strongest connection to positive attitudes towards violence, and gender had a strong connection to the relationship between personality and attitudes towards violent behavior

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2019. , p. 34
Keywords [en]
Personality, violent behavior, attitudes, the Big Five, agreeableness
Keywords [sv]
Personlighet, våldsamt beteende, attityder, the Big Five, vänlighet
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-74800OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-74800DiVA, id: diva2:1330922
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Criminology
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Available from: 2019-06-26 Created: 2019-06-26 Last updated: 2019-06-26Bibliographically approved

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