ATTITUDES TOWARD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: A FUNCTION OF LEADERSHIP STYLE, GENDER AND PERSONALITY

A survey of attitudes towards capital punishment was undertaken to investigate the opinions upheld by 126 first-year male and female university students. Subjects were divided into one of four leadership groups according to their scores on the Leadership Ability Evaluation. A two-way analysis of var...

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Published inSocial behavior and personality Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 161 - 168
Main Authors Valliant, Paul M., Oliver, Carrie L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published P.O.Box 1539, Palmerston North 4440, New Zealand Scientific Journal Publishers 01.01.1997
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Attitudes
Capital punishment
Factors
Gender
Leadership style
Personality
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Summary:A survey of attitudes towards capital punishment was undertaken to investigate the opinions upheld by 126 first-year male and female university students. Subjects were divided into one of four leadership groups according to their scores on the Leadership Ability Evaluation. A two-way analysis of variance was used to examine subjects' attitudes towards capital punishment on the basis of gender and leadership style. The Autocratic-Submissive and Autocratic-Aggressive leadership grounds were found to have significantly harsher attitudes towards capital punishment from the Laissez-faire leadership group. No significant gender differences were found for this variable. Evaluation of personality with the California Psychological Survey showed that tolerance and attitude toward capital punishment were significantly correlated. The lower the subject's tolerance, the harsher the attitude toward capital punishment.
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ISSN:0301-2212
DOI:10.2224/sbp.1997.25.2.161