Kaj je varanje? Primerjava pojmovanja varanja med belgijskimi in slovenskimi študenti v povezavi s temno triado : magistrsko delo

Mencigar, Lea (author), Hacin Beyazoglu, Kaja (mentor), Lep, Žan (comentor)

Varanje opredeljujemo kot vključevanje v čustvene ali spolne odnose zunaj dogovorjenih meja razmerja, vendar obstajajo precejšnje razlike v tem, katera vedenja posamezniki pojmujejo kot varanje. Namen raziskave je bil ugotoviti, kako študentje v Sloveniji in Belgiji primerjalno pojmujejo varanje ter ali obstajajo razlike med državama po skupinah vedenj – spolna, čustvena, spletna ali samostojna vedenja. Preverili smo, ali se slovenski in belgijski študentje razlikujejo v stališčih do varanja ter ali obstaja povezava med temno triado in pozitivnimi stališči do varanja. Zanimalo nas je, ali so pozitivna stališča do varanja in temna triada pozitivna napovednika varanja ter rezultate nadgradili z mediacijskim modelom. V raziskavi smo uporabili vprašalnike v spletni obliki, ki smo jih za namene raziskave prevedli v slovenščino. Sodelovalo je 413 študentov (208 belgijskih in 205 slovenskih). Ugotovili smo, da belgijski in slovenski študentje spolna vedenja najbolj soglasno pojmujejo kot varanje. Temu sledijo spletna, čustvena in nazadnje samostojna vedenja. Slovenski študentje slabo polovico predstavljenih vedenj ocenjujejo višje kakor belgijski študentje. Belgijski študenti izražajo večjo sprejemljivost za varanje, vendar ga v primerjavi s slovenskimi študenti hkrati močneje obsojajo. Ugotovili smo, da imajo posamezniki v obeh vzorcih z višje izraženimi lastnostmi psihopatije in makiavelizma bolj pozitiven pogled na varanje. Prav tako ugotavljamo, da bolj pozitivna stališča do nezvestobe napovedujejo varanje. V obeh vzorcih smo ugotovili, da je psihopatija pozitiven napovednik varanja, makiavelizem pa negativni. V slovenskem vzorcu so pozitivna stališča o varanju ključen dejavnik preko katerega lastnosti temne triade učinkujejo na vedenje. Naša raziskava podaja pomembna izhodišča raziskovanju varanja v medkulturnem okolju in vlogi osebnostnih lastnosti ter stališč. Veliko vidikov varanja pa ostaja še neraziskanih in pušča mnogo odprtih vprašanj, ki bi jih v nadaljnjih študijah lahko preverili.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: varanje, temna triada, stališča, medkulturne razlike, študenti
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Place of publishing: Ljubljana
• Publisher: [L. Mencigar]
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: 67 str.
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-173396
• UDC: 316.6:364.64(043.2)
• COBISS.SI-ID: 250063619
• Publication date in RUL: 17.09.2025

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: What constitutes as cheating? A comparison of perceptions of cheating between Belgian and Slovenian students in relation to the dark triad

Abstract

Infidelity is defined as engaging in emotional or sexual relationships outside the agreed boundaries of a relationship, but there are significant differences in which behaviors individuals perceive as cheating. The purpose of the research was to determine how students in Slovenia and Belgium comparatively perceive cheating and whether there are differences between the countries by behavior group – sexual, emotional, online or independent behaviors. We examined whether Slovenian and Belgian students differ in their attitudes towards cheating and whether there is a connection between the dark triad and positive attitudes towards cheating. We were interested in whether positive attitudes towards cheating and the dark triad are positive predictors of cheating and upgraded the results with a mediation model. In the research, we used online questionnaires, which we translated into Slovenian for the purposes of the research. 413 students participated (208 Belgian and 205 Slovenian). We found that Belgian and Slovenian students most unanimously perceive sexual behaviors as cheating. This was followed by online, emotional and finally independent behaviours. Slovenian students rated slightly less than half of the presented behaviours higher than Belgian students. Belgian students expressed greater acceptance of cheating, but at the same time they condemned it more strongly than Slovenian students. We found that individuals in both samples with higher psychopathy and machiavellianism traits had a more positive view of cheating. We also found that more positive attitudes towards infidelity predicted cheating. In both samples, we found that psychopathy is a positive predictor of cheating, while machiavellianism is a negative one. In the Slovenian sample, positive attitudes towards cheating were a key factor through which the dark triad traits affected behaviour. Our research provides important starting points for research on cheating in a cross-cultural environment and the role of personality traits and attitudes. However, many aspects of cheating remain unexplored and leave many open questions that could be examined in further studies.

• Keywords: infidelity, dark triad, attitudes, cross-cultural differences, college students