Religion and Existential Security: An Empirical Study of Religion and Socio-Economic Rights Amongst High-School Learners in Post-Atheist, Post-Totalitarian Romania

Drivers of Development in a Romanian Context: An Empirical Study of the Potential Impact of Religiosity and Individual Values on Core Human Rights Relevant to the United Nations’ Agenda 2030

“…In regard to religion and human rights, previous studies on the same sample of participants as the current one, based on different variables, have shown that belief in God and attendance of religious services have a limited negative effect on attitudes to certain judicial rights, but no effect for political rights (Rogobete and Reisz 2018). In addition, assessing whether the religiosity of the students, or the self-acquired socio-political and psychological traits have a more significant influence on their support for socioeconomic rights, the findings show the most significant issues supporting socio-economic rights to be: the respondents' belief in God, their view that politicians may consult religious leaders about ethical issues, and their high levels of empathy (Rogobete and Vitelar 2020). The current study intends to take these inquiries further, assessing the role religiosity and individual values play in generating attitudes relevant to sustainable development (i.e., support for human rights and human dignity).…”

“…Due to their potential influence on the dependent variables, as also indicated by previous research (Rogobete and Vitelar 2020), several background variables that relate to personal characteristics (gender), religious affiliation, religious socialisation, and the psychological dimension of empathy were included in the current study. Religious affiliation is measured by asking the respondent to identify themselves with one of the 12 affiliations listed in the survey.…”

Examining the Connection between Religion and Attitude toward Socio-Economic Human Rights and Attitude toward Euthanasia and Abortion among Romanian Orthodox Adolescents: Contrasting the Effects of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Religiosity

“…Working within the same framework of the International Empirical Research Program Religion and Human Rights 2.0, Rogobete and Vitelar [11] tested the scaling properties of a somewhat different set of 12 items related to socio-economic rights on data provided by a sample of 681 Romanian adolescents, reporting a high alpha coefficient of .88. Using this instrument, Rogobete and Vitelar [11] enquired if religiosity has any influence on supporting socio-economic rights, as well as exploring the respondents' perception of the role of the state in securing such rights.…”

“…Working within the same framework of the International Empirical Research Program Religion and Human Rights 2.0, Rogobete and Vitelar [11] tested the scaling properties of a somewhat different set of 12 items related to socio-economic rights on data provided by a sample of 681 Romanian adolescents, reporting a high alpha coefficient of .88. Using this instrument, Rogobete and Vitelar [11] enquired if religiosity has any influence on supporting socio-economic rights, as well as exploring the respondents' perception of the role of the state in securing such rights. They were also interested in understanding the nature of the relationship between religiosity (including the perception of the functions of religion), family background, and the socio-psychological and political traits of the respondents, and their support for socio-economic rights.…”

“…The percentage of assumed atheists remains extremely low, with 0.05% in 1992, 0.04% in 2002, and 0.11% in 2011 according to the three national official censuses run since 1989, the year marking the end of fifty years of totalitarian atheistic indoctrination [8]. Although assessments of the religious landscape of Romania have been made from various angles [6,[9][10][11] of relevance for this particular study are data related to the distinction between extrinsic and intrinsic religiosity [12].…”