Table 4.
MIESS-C Item-Level Descriptive Statistics
| Variable | Female | Male | ||
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| M | SD | M | SD | |
| I saw things that were morally wrong | 5.15 | 1.37 | 5.61 | .70 |
| I am troubled by having witnessed others’ immoral acts | 4.29 | 1.59 | 4.06 | 1.73 |
| I acted in ways that violated my own moral code or values | 3.22 | 1.84 | 4.11 | 1.64 |
| I am troubled by having acted in ways that violated my own moral code or values | 3.27 | 1.92 | 4.00 | 1.64 |
| I violated my own morals by failing to do something that I felt I should have done | 3.40 | 1.86 | 4.00 | 1.71 |
| I am troubled because I violated my morals by failing to do something that I felt like I should have done | 3.33 | 1.77 | 3.28 | 1.84 |
| I feel betrayed by specific people who I once trusted | 4.67 | 1.69 | 4.39 | 1.94 |
| I am troubled by this betrayal by specific people | 4.39 | 1.73 | 3.83 | 1.95 |
| I feel betrayed by the institutions that I am supposed to trust (e.g., police, church, schools, governmental workers) | 4.35 | 1.78 | 4.78 | 1.63 |
| I am troubled by this betrayal by the institutions that I am supposed to trust | 4.14 | 1.90 | 4.33 | 1.71 |
Note: Female participants (n = 153), Min-Max = 1.00 – 6.00 for all items; Male participants (n = 18), Min-Max = 1.00 – 6.00 for all items