BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:EventsCalendar PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T053451Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Arts and Sciences,Thesis/Dissertations DESCRIPTION:Target Audience: Faculty and Staff Category: Thesis Defense Tit le of Defense: Master’s Thesis Defense by Lacie T. Alt Date of Defense: July 21st, 2026 Location: Zoom https://umassd.zoom.us/j/98293078368?p wd=WhdJfKNhBePb3y2FbxmbTQBUO5qFL2.1 Start time of Defense: 1:00 PM Title o f Paper: Personality, Beliefs, and Moral Disengagement in Moral Decision-M aking and Antisocial Behavior Abstract: Moral behavior involves both how p eople judge morally relevant situations and how they respond when self-int erest conflicts with moral standards. The present study examined how perso nality traits, moral beliefs and attitudes, and moral disengagement were a ssociated with moral judgment, low-stakes dishonest reporting, and self-re ported antisocial behavior in an online adult sample. Participants complet ed measures of Dark Tetrad traits, empathy, moral beliefs, moral disengage ment, moral judgment, dishonest reporting, cyberaggression, and adult cond uct problems. Findings provided partial support for the study hypotheses. The strongest support emerged for antisocial behavior, particularly cybera ggression, which was uniquely associated with psychopathy, sadism, moral d isengagement, moral identity, and intrinsic religiosity. Psychopathy also showed the most consistent association with adult conduct problems. Moral judgment findings were more task-specific, and dishonest reporting was rar e, limiting conclusions about low-stakes dishonesty. Overall, the findings suggest that moral judgment, dishonest reporting, and antisocial behavior are related but distinct outcomes within moral self-regulation. Advisor: Dr. Raina V. Lamade Committee Members: Dr. R. Thomas Boone and Dr. Mary Ka yyal Contact Email: rlamade@umassd.edu\nEvent page: https://www.umassd.edu /events/cms/7-21-26-masters-thesis-defense-by-lacie-t-alt.php\nEvent link: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/98293078368?pwd=WhdJfKNhBePb3y2FbxmbTQBUO5qFL2.1 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Target Audience: Faculty and St aff

Category: Thesis Defense

Title of Defense: Master’s Thesis Defense by Lacie T. Alt

Date of Defense: July 21st\, 2026\n

Location: Zoom https://umassd.zoom.us/j/98293078368?pwd=WhdJfK NhBePb3y2FbxmbTQBUO5qFL2.1

Start time of Defense: 1:00 PM

Title of Paper: Personality\, Beliefs\, and Moral Disengagement in Moral D ecision-Making and Antisocial Behavior

Abstract:

Moral beh avior involves both how people judge morally relevant situations and how t hey respond when self-interest conflicts with moral standards. The present study examined how personality traits\, moral beliefs and attitudes\, and moral disengagement were associated with moral judgment\, low-stakes dish onest reporting\, and self-reported antisocial behavior in an online adult sample. Participants completed measures of Dark Tetrad traits\, empathy\, moral beliefs\, moral disengagement\, moral judgment\, dishonest reportin g\, cyberaggression\, and adult conduct problems. Findings provided partia l support for the study hypotheses. The strongest support emerged for anti social behavior\, particularly cyberaggression\, which was uniquely associ ated with psychopathy\, sadism\, moral disengagement\, moral identity\, an d intrinsic religiosity. Psychopathy also showed the most consistent assoc iation with adult conduct problems. Moral judgment findings were more task -specific\, and dishonest reporting was rare\, limiting conclusions about low-stakes dishonesty. Overall\, the findings suggest that moral judgment\ , dishonest reporting\, and antisocial behavior are related but distinct o utcomes within moral self-regulation.

Advisor: Dr. Raina V. Lamade

Committee Members: Dr. R. Thomas Boone and Dr. Mary Kayyal

\n< p>Contact Email: rlamade@umassd.edu

Event page: https://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/7-21-26-masters-thesis-defense-by-lacie- t-alt.php
Event link: https://umassd.zoom.us/j/9829307836 8?pwd=WhdJfKNhBePb3y2FbxmbTQBUO5qFL2.1

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