Psychology of Religion

Wulff, David M.

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“…In addition to the intrinsic/extrinsic/quest motivational theories, the present study defined religiosity in terms of Wulff's (1991) religious orientation model. Originally created by Wulff as a method of categorizing theoretical viewpoints in the psychology of religion, the model has since been adopted as a means of defining various religious orientations (Duriez, Fontaine & Hutsebaut, 2000).…”

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“…The social proximity trend notwithstanding, the above studies reported that higher levels of religiosity (intrinsic or otherwise) corresponded to higher levels of empathy and helping. Pichon and Saroglou (2009) employed the PCBS, which measures Wulff's (1991) religious orientations, observing that religious orthodoxy was associated with increased discrimination and racism, whereas the more symbolic religious orientations of second naiveté and relativism produced more helping responses. Duriez (2004) also found that the PCBS's Literal versus Symbolic dimension was significantly correlated with perspective taking and empathy.…”

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“…The current study employed more consistent theoretical definitions including Batson's (2011) definition of empathic concern and elements from the empathy-altruism hypothesis. Religiosity was operationalized primarily using the intrinsic/extrinsic/quest motivational dimensions, Wulff's (1991) religious orientations, and religious fundamentalism. The religious motivation and orientation models have been employed in empathy and religiosity research before, providing some (albeit flawed) background information to draw upon.…”

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Uncovering the relations among religiosity, empathic concern, and helping

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2014

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Certain lines of research support the existence of positive overall relations among religiosity, empathy, and helping, whereas others observe no such relations. These discrepancies may result from inconsistent theoretical definitions, variable operationalizations, and experimental situations. The present study attempted to resolve these inconsistencies to clarify the nature of these relations. One hundred and four university student participants read an ostensible news article describing a fellow student in need of aid. Participants in a realistic helping condition were asked whether they would volunteer to help, whereas participants in a hypothetical helping condition indicated whether they would help if given the opportunity. Intrinsic religious motivation, second naiveté orientation, and religious fundamentalism were all positively correlated with state empathic concern, whereas extrinsic-personal motivation, quest motivation, orthodoxy orientation, and religious fundamentalism were associated with various facets of trait empathy. Regarding helping behaviors, a significant main effect of situation realism indicated that individuals in the hypothetical group were more likely to help than were those in the realistic group. An additional significant main effect of second naiveté religious orientation suggested that those higher in second naiveté were more likely to help than those lower in it. Three significant interactions were found: a) higher intrinsic religious motivation and trait perspective taking predicted increased realistic helping but decreased hypothetical helping, and b) the external critique religious orientation predicted decreased real helping but increased hypothetical helping. Implications of the findings and limitations of the study are discussed. Uncovering the Relations Among Religiosity, Empathic Concern, and HelpingResearch on religiosity has identified many links between religion and prosociality. One particular branch of research seeks to understand the complex relations among religiosity, empathy (Duriez, 2004), and helping behaviors (Batson, Floyd, Meyer, & Winner, 1999). However, previous findings have been contradictory, largely due to inconsistent variable operationalizations, theoretical definitions, and situational factors.The present study sought to further explore these relations, utilize more cohesive definitions from both religiosity and empathic concern research, examine one of the glaring methodological inconsistencies of prior research (employing real versus hypothetical experimental helping situations), and subsequently resolve some of the conflicting results observed by other researchers. Defining ReligiosityReligiosity, as a construct, is difficult to define in any single clear, concise manner. Definitions have traditionally contained such elements as a search for what is generically referred to as "the sacred," adherence to a particular theological perspective, and ritualized worship practices (Zinnbauer & Pargament, 2005). Defining religiosity is further complicat...

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“…Still in print is a volume first published in 2003 by Blackwell Publishing and the British Psychological Society, a representative body for psychology and psychologists in the U.K. The author, David Fontana (1934-2010, a chartered psychologist and a chartered counseling psychologist with several academic affiliations, was a fellow of the British Psychological Society (which is a high distinction). Fontana also served as a president of the Society for Psychic Research, a U.K. organization seeking to conduct research 'into human experiences that challenge contemporary scientific models' (www.spr.ac.uk/main), also known as parapsychology.…”

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“…from a social psychology perspective. In 1958, Argyle published a textbook entitled Religious Behaviour (Argyle 1958;revised 1998, 2010; revised editions of this work were co-authored with an Israeli psychologist under the title The Social Psychology of Religion (Argyle and Beit-Hallahmi 1975;1997 with Beit-Hallahmi listed as first author and the revised title The Psychology of Religious Behaviour, Belief and Experience). As the title says, this book explicitly applies a social psychology perspective to religion.…”

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Textbooks in review: Introductions to the psychology of religion

Stausberg

2013

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Conceptualising the relationship between shopper religiosity, perceived risk and the role of moral potency

Baazeem

Mortimer

Neale

2016

J of Consumer Behaviour

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The primary aim of this paper is to conceptualise the influence of shopper religiosity on perceived risk and the moderating role of moral potency when purchasing religiously questionable products from retailers. An extensive review of extant literature was undertaken, drawing together the General Theory of Marketing Ethics and the concept of moral potency, in a retail context. A conceptual model is developed that provide the basis for future inquiry. The model elucidates the complex relationships between the dimensions of religiosity and social and psychological risk and then explains the moderating role of moral potency. The model offers a strong psychological explanation of how a shoppers' religion may increase their perceptions of risk in a purchase situation. The model also argues that risk perceptions may be heightened (or lessened) as a result of the shoppers' personal responsibility, confidence and courage. Retail managers may choose to implement this model in order to better predict shopper adoption behaviour of new religiously questionable products. The model allows for future empirical examinations across multiple shopping contexts and may be employed to estimate levels' demand for new products based on the extent of religiosity, moral potency and risk. The role of religion within retailing and shopping behaviour is emergent. Extant retailing literature has previously overlooked the role of religion as an antecedent to risk and the role of moral potency in moderating that relationship. This is the first paper to highlight these gaps and propose a testable model. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Psychology of Religion

Cited by 9 publications

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Uncovering the relations among religiosity, empathic concern, and helping

Uncovering the relations among religiosity, empathic concern, and helping

Textbooks in review: Introductions to the psychology of religion

Conceptualising the relationship between shopper religiosity, perceived risk and the role of moral potency

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