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Published in final edited form as: Aggress Behav. 2022 Aug 29;49(1):33–48. doi: 10.1002/ab.22051

TABLE 3.

Convergent validity of MORALS with related measures

Measure	Study 2 (N = 79)				Study 3 (N = 221)				Study 4 (N = 96)
Measure	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	2	3	4
1. Total MORALS	–				–				–
2. Assimilated cognitions	.81^***	–			.79^***	–			.79^***	–
3. Accommodated cognitions	.91^***	.58^***	–		.86^***	.49^***	–		.86^***	.46^***	–
4. Distressing emotions	.92^***	.57^***	.84^***	–	.87^***	.53^***	.66^***	–	.89^***	.51^***	.75^***	–
5. Guilt	.37^***	0.14	.43^***	.41^***	.49^***	.25^***	.52^***	.36^***	–	–	–	–
6. Shame	.45^***	.27^*	.47^***	.44^***	.44^***	.22^**	.52^***	.36^***	.25^*	0.02	.34^***	.28^**
7. Negative affect	.44^***	0.22	.46^***	.47^***	.42^***	.21^**	.41^***	.44^***	–	–	–	–
8. Social desirability	.25^*	0.19	0.21	.25^*	.20^**	0.13	.12^*	.21^***	–	–	–	–
9. PTSD	.27^*	0.16	.24^*	.30^**	.25^**	0.03	.36^***	.24^**	.31^**	0.04	.39^***	.36^***
10. Anxiety	.53^***	.29^*	.56^***	.56^***	0.17	−0.02	.18^*	.24^**	–	–	–	–
11. Depression	.41^***	0.17	.49^***	.43^***	.19^*	−0.04	.27^**	.23^**	.46^***	0.19	.44^***	.54^***
12. Joviality	–	–	–	–	−0.08	−0.12	0.07	−.14^*	–	–	–	–
13. IPV perpetration	–	–	–	–	.17^**	0.01	.29^***	.12^*	.25^***	0.13	.26^***	.26^***

Note: Measures differ for guilt, anxiety, and depression in Studies 2–4 and for IPV in Study 4. Study 3 correlations with depression and anxiety N = 130. Higher social desirability indicates greater socially undesirable responding. Kendall's Tau correlations are used for IPV to account for skew. Abbreviations: IPV, intimate partner violence; MORALS, Moral Outcomes of Relationship Aggression scale; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder.

^***

p < .001.

^**

p < .01.

p < .05.