caa a22 4500 475739337 CHVBK 20180406123455.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1005166627678 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1005166627678 The (Un)Acceptability of Betrayal: A Study of College Students' Evaluations of Sexual Betrayal by a Romantic Partner and Betrayal of a Friend's Confidence [Elektronische Daten] [S. Feldman, Elizabeth Cauffman, Lene Jensen, Jeffery Arnett] Because loyalty and trust are viewed as key requirements for relationships with friends as well as with romantic partners, acts of betrayal, which violate the trust on which these relationships are based, are viewed as serious transgressions. This study focused on 2 commonly occurring kinds of betrayal—betrayal of a friend's confidence despite a promise not to do so and sexual betrayal by a romantic partner despite an agreement to be monogamous. Approximately 261 college students, aged 18 to 23, answered questions concerning the acceptability of betrayal under a variety of different conditions and described their self-restraint, tolerance of deviation, and betrayal behavior. Despite pervasive disapproval of betrayal, the extent of disapproval was a function of the type of betrayal (whether of a romantic partner or a same-sex friend), the justification for the betrayal, the sex of the transgressor, and the characteristics of the respondent. There was greater acceptance of sexual betrayal than betrayal of a friend's confidence, of male than female transgression, and by male than female respondents. These results are largely accounted for by the finding that male respondents gave high ratings of acceptance of sexual betrayal by male transgressors. Acceptance of both forms of betrayal was correlated with lack of self-restraint, tolerance of deviation, and behavioral betrayal. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 2000 Feldman S. Stanford University, Stanford, California aut Cauffman Elizabeth Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh aut Jensen Lene Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C aut Arnett Jeffery University of Maryland, Maryland aut Journal of Youth and Adolescence Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 29/4(2000-08-01), 499-523 0047-2891 29:4<499 2000 29 10964 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005166627678 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005166627678 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Feldman S. Stanford University, Stanford, California aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cauffman Elizabeth Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jensen Lene Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Arnett Jeffery University of Maryland, Maryland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Youth and Adolescence Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers 29/4(2000-08-01), 499-523 0047-2891 29:4<499 2000 29 10964 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer