Changes in moral judgment and self-acceptance in college students as a function of companionship with hospitalized mental patients

The present investigation describes studies undertaken to determine the effects of association with hospitalized mental patients on the personalities of 32 male college students who were compared to a control group of 24 comparable students who had not been involved in this experience with mental pa...

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Published in:Journal of Consulting Psychology 1964-08, Vol.28 (4), p.299-303
Main Authors: Holzberg, Jules D, Gewirtz, Herbert, Ebner, Eugene
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
College Students
Hospitalized Patients
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Human
Humans
Judgment
Mental Disorders
Mentally Ill Persons
Morale
Morality
Morals
Old Medline
Psychiatric Patients
Psychological Tests
Self Concept
Self-Perception
Students
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Summary:The present investigation describes studies undertaken to determine the effects of association with hospitalized mental patients on the personalities of 32 male college students who were compared to a control group of 24 comparable students who had not been involved in this experience with mental patients. The former demonstrate significant positive change in self-acceptance and in moral judgments concerning sexual and aggressive behaviors. The nature of the companionship experience is examined in order to elucidate the reasons for these changes.
ISSN:0095-8891
0022-006X
1946-1887
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/h0045135