Ho R, Penney R K
School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Northern Territory University, Australia.
J Soc Psychol. 1992 Feb;132(1):77-86. doi: 10.1080/00224545.1992.9924690.
The study addresses three research questions: (a) How well do level of conservatism and religiosity predict attitudes toward passive and active euthanasia? (b) What is the relationship between attitudes toward abortion and attitudes toward euthanasia? (c) How do personality variables relate differentially to these attitudes? Subjects were 168 Australian adults (68 men, 100 women). Initial analysis indicated no sex differences in attitudes toward the study's criterion variables. Descriptive statistics indicated general support for active and passive euthanasia and for abortion, although the majority of the respondents were found to be more accepting of passive than of active euthanasia. Multiple regression analyses indicated that level of conservatism was the most consistent predictor of attitudes toward euthanasia and abortion, whereas religiosity was found significantly to predict attitudes toward abortion only.
（a）保守主义程度和宗教信仰在多大程度上能够预测对消极安乐死和积极安乐死的态度？（b）对堕胎的态度与对安乐死的态度之间有什么关系？（c）人格变量如何以不同方式与这些态度相关联？研究对象为168名澳大利亚成年人（68名男性，100名女性）。初步分析表明，在对该研究的标准变量的态度上不存在性别差异。描述性统计表明，人们普遍支持积极安乐死、消极安乐死和堕胎，不过多数受访者被发现更能接受消极安乐死而非积极安乐死。多元回归分析表明，保守主义程度是对安乐死和堕胎态度最一致的预测指标，而宗教信仰仅被发现能显著预测对堕胎的态度。
