RT Article
T1 How moral disengagement and individual differences relate to community sentiment toward enhanced interrogation techniques
JF Applied psychology in criminal justice
VO 15
IS 1
SP 1
OP 22
A1 Miller, Monica K.
A2 Perez, Lindsay
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1919328920
AB Controversy surrounds the CIA's "enhanced interrogation" techniques that could be considered torture. Replicating previous studies, 1) sentiment toward torture was moderately supportive yet divided and 2) there was a positive relationship between belief that techniques are effective and belief they are justified. Supporting our hypotheses, general just world beliefs, religious fundamentalism, and moral disengagement negatively related to considering various techniques as torture and positively related to beliefs about effectiveness and justification of torture. Religious devotionalism positively related only to considering various techniques as torture, partially supporting hypotheses. Relationships between IVs (e.g., fundamentalism) and DVs (i.e., sentiment toward torture) were mediated by moral disengagement. This helps explain cognitive processes that underlie sentiment. Finally, the moral disengagement scale we developed had good reliability and predictive ability.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 20-22
K1 Community sentiment
K1 Interrogation
K1 JUST WORLD BELIEFS
K1 Moral Disengagement
K1 Religion
K1 Torture