| Mean Scores 2, 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Most Acceptable Justifications | Total Sample | Males | Females |
| believed that telling the secret would enable her friend to get help | 2.17 | 2.07 | 2.21 |
| revealed the secret without revealing the identity of the person involved | 1.79 | 1.81 | 1.77 |
| had not meant to tell her friends secretÄit just "slipped out" | 1.51 | 1.55 | 1.48 |
| was from a culture where people routinely share information about others | 1.43 | 1.48 | 1.39 |
| Least Acceptable Justifications | |||
| would be the center of attention if she told | 1.08 | 1.14 | 1.03 |
| was sure her friend would not find out | 1.10 | 1.17 | 1.06 |
| had divulged other secrets before and had "gotten away" with it | 1.12 | 1.17 | 1.10 |
| knew her friend wouldn't do anything if she found out | 1.12 | 1.22 | 1.06 |
1 Items given from vignette with female transgressor
2 1 = totally unacceptable, 2 = somewhat unaccepatable, 3 = somewhat acceptable, 4 = totally acceptable
3 SDs: Total sample .37 - .98, Males .46 - .97, Females .20 - .97