Students' Attitudes Toward College Drinking

A Moral Intuitionist Approach

Bibliographic Data

ID2153285
AuthorsE Silver (0000-0002-0128-5525, Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume41
Issue8
Pages1033-1051
Publication date2020-08-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDeviant Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-9625 • E-ISSN: 1521-0456
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01639625.2019.1596538
OpenAlexW2924000798
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited58

This study uses Moral Foundations Theory to examine the association between moral intuitions and college students' attitudes toward drinking. The data consist of 1,447 college students sampled in 2017 at a large public university. Results show that students' attitudes toward drinking are associated with their moral intuitions. Specifically, students whose moral intuitions emphasize purity are less favorable toward drinking, while students whose moral intuitions emphasize group loyalty are more favorable. Results also show that these moral intuitions are mediated by religiosity and (to a lesser extent) involvement in Greek life, respectively. The study suggests the importance of extending the conception of morality beyond individual-oriented concerns with harm and fairness to include group-oriented concerns with purity and loyalty

Epistemology · Harm · Intuitionism · Loyalty · Moral disengagement · Morality · Political science · Religiosity · Behavioral Health and Interventions · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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