Correlations of self-ratings of attitude towards violent groups with measures of personality, self-esteem, and moral reasoning

Relations of self-rated positive attitudes towards violent groups were exam ined among 273 adolescents with scores on self-esteem, moral reasoning, and self-perceptions of personality. Moral reasoning, measured by the Rest Def ining Issues Test, correlated -.18 but not with self-esteem scores. There w ere significant correlations of .18 or .19 between the self-rated attitudes and Materialism, Conformity, Conservatism, Obstinance, Anxiety, and Though tlessness, but rs accounted for very little common variance.