عنوان

Cross-Cultural Insight into the Association Between Religiousness and Authoritarianism

Number

LA108930

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انگلیسی

Title Proper

Cross-Cultural Insight into the Association Between Religiousness and Authoritarianism

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Sergej Flere, Rudi Klanjšek, Sergej Flere, et al.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

The current study investigated the possible existence of a relationship between authoritarianism and religiousness and the possible strength of this potential relationship. The study involved samples from four cultural environments known to differ substantially in terms of religious salience and content: Slovenia (predominantly Catholic), Serbia (predominantly Eastern Orthodox), Bosnia and Herzegovina (predominantly Muslim), and the United States (predominantly Protestant). Religiousness was assessed by way of religious orientation (including intrinsic and extrinsic orientation) as proposed by Allport (1950), whereas authoritarianism was tapped by a modified Lane scale (1955). Results from zero-order correlations indicated a strong and positive association between authoritarianism and all types of religious orientation, regardless of the sample analyzed. Residualizing the main study constructs by demographic variables did not alter the results. The association changed only when each dimension of religious orientation was controlled for the effect of other dimensions. Results did not lend support to the hypothesis that authoritarianism is more strongly linked to those who are more extrinsically oriented. The current study investigated the possible existence of a relationship between authoritarianism and religiousness and the possible strength of this potential relationship. The study involved samples from four cultural environments known to differ substantially in terms of religious salience and content: Slovenia (predominantly Catholic), Serbia (predominantly Eastern Orthodox), Bosnia and Herzegovina (predominantly Muslim), and the United States (predominantly Protestant). Religiousness was assessed by way of religious orientation (including intrinsic and extrinsic orientation) as proposed by Allport (1950), whereas authoritarianism was tapped by a modified Lane scale (1955). Results from zero-order correlations indicated a strong and positive association between authoritarianism and all types of religious orientation, regardless of the sample analyzed. Residualizing the main study constructs by demographic variables did not alter the results. The association changed only when each dimension of religious orientation was controlled for the effect of other dimensions. Results did not lend support to the hypothesis that authoritarianism is more strongly linked to those who are more extrinsically oriented.

Date of Publication

2009

Physical description

177-190

Title

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volume Number

31/2

International Standard Serial Number

1573-6121

Subject Term

AUTHORITARIANISM

Subject Term

BOSNIAN ISLAM

Subject Term

RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION

Subject Term

RELIGIOUSNESS

Subject Term

SERBIAN ORTHODOXY

Subject Term

SLOVENIAN CATHOLICISM

Subject Term

US PROTESTANTISM

Rudi Klanjšek

Sergej Flere

Call Number

10.1163/157361209X424448

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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