Cleanliness is Next to Godliness: Exploring the Limits of the Cleanliness-Morality Link During the COVID-19 Pandemic

dc.contributor.advisor Loveless, James
dc.contributor.author Cho, Sarah
dc.contributor.committeemember Fuller, Dana
dc.contributor.committeemember Schoonover, Ciera
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-16T23:06:24Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-16T23:06:24Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.date.updated 2022-12-16T23:06:25Z
dc.description.abstract The current study aims to explore the bounds of the conceptual link between cleanliness and morality by investigating scrupulosity as a potential mediating factor in the relationship between negative God-concept and fear of contracting COVID-19. That is, the goal of the study is to better understand whether the cleanliness-morality link is literal or metaphorical in nature by examining whether this phenomenon extends to contamination fears. Ninety-nine participants were administered assessments measuring fear of COVID-19, negative God-concept, scrupulosity, and social desirability, which was used as a covariate. Results showed that there was a positive correlation between scrupulosity and negative-God concept, a positive relationship between COVID-19 stress and scrupulosity, and a positive relationship between scrupulosity and negative God-concept. However, these relationships were non-significant when controlling for social desirability. In addition, scrupulosity did not significantly mediate the relationship between negative God-concept and fear of COVID-19 with social desirability as a covariate. Implications of these findings and future directions for research are discussed.
dc.description.degree M.A.
dc.identifier.uri https://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/6792
dc.language.rfc3066 en
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University
dc.source.uri http://dissertations.umi.com/mtsu:11654
dc.subject Cleanliness-morality link
dc.subject COVID-19
dc.subject Disgust
dc.subject God-concept
dc.subject Obsessive-compulsive disorder
dc.subject Scrupulosity
dc.subject Clinical psychology
dc.subject Psychology
dc.thesis.degreelevel masters
dc.title Cleanliness is Next to Godliness: Exploring the Limits of the Cleanliness-Morality Link During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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