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Value-Semantic Attitude To Bribery And Personality Traits Of Students And Working Adults

Table 5: Regression results on the relationships between respondents’ personality traits and their attitude to bribery

Type of attitude Multiple linear regression coefficient (R) Personality traits
Positive effect Negative effect
Business transaction StudentsR=0.569; p<0.0037 Internal control(Beta=0.437; p<0.015) Non-acceptance of others(Beta=–0.493; p<0.0025)Emotional comfort(Beta=–0.612; p<0.0017).
StudentsR=0.551; p<0.0069 Correlations between significance and availability of values:“Friends”, (Beta=0.381; p<0.014),“Job”, (Beta=0.315; p<0.039),“Creativity” (Beta=0.292; p<0.05) -
Working adults (R=0.692;p<0.000) Significance of values“Friends” (Beta=0.640; p<0.000)“Family” (Beta=0.524; p<0.003) -
Working adults R=0.874; p<0.000 Frustration with family relations (Beta=0.401; p<0.02)Frustration with relationships with friends (Beta=0.360; p<0.027)Frustration with physical health (Beta=0.94; p<0.0000)Frustration with living conditions(Beta=0.272; p<0.07) Frustration with relations with superiors(Beta=–622; p<0.0017)Leisure frustration(Beta=–537; p<0.002)Frustration with social status (Beta=–615; p<0.005)
Instrumental value StudentsR=0.44; p<0.045 Self-acceptance(Beta=044; p<0.045)
StudentsR=0.874; p<0.0016 Frustration with a way of life(Beta=0.597; p<0.013)Frustration with social status(Beta=0.425; p<0.04)Frustration with financial situation (Beta=0.444; p<0.01) Frustration with family relations(Beta=–0.982; p<0.0003)Frustration with studies(Beta=–0.388; p<0.02)Leisure frustration(Beta=–508; p<0.014)
Working adults Significance of the value “Active life” (r=0. 793)Availability of the value “Health” (r=0.757) Correlations between significance and availability of the value“Friends” (r=–0.809)Frustration with relationships with friends (r=–0.59)Frustration with living conditions (r=–0.597)Escapism (r=–0.811)
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