Table 5. Correlates of acceptance of betraying a friend's confidence. Spearman-rank correlations presented separately for the total sample and by sex.

  Total Sample
N=261
Males
N=93
Females
N=168
Behavioral Betrayal
(telling a friend's secret)
.16* .25* .12
Tolerance of Deviation1 .48*** .44*** .50***
Self-Restraint -.25*** -.18+ -.27***

+p<.10, *p<.05, **p<.01, ***p<.001

1 Includes 5 violations: sexual betrayal, lying to parents, academic cheating, violence in dealing with peer conflict, date violence.