Personality and group factors in the making of atheists

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3934145
AutoresGeo B Vetter, Martin Green (0000-0002-6408-6443)
Año1932
Volumen27
Número2
Páginas179-194
Fecha de publicación1932-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Abnormal & Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0096-851X
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/h0075273
OpenAlexW2033585341
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20

The study is based on 350 replies from members of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism. The most common causes given for anti-religious attitudes were: wide reading of history, science and religion (75 times); disgust with religious hypocrisy (60); influence of particular author or book (55); a byproduct of Socialist materialism (30); effects of college education (25); effects of study of sciences (25); and others in lesser numbers. Less frequently emotional factors were mentioned, such as: illness and death in family, the horrors of war, the futility of prayer, the evils and unhappiness in the world, etc. 36% of the atheists were oldest children, while only 15% were youngest children; about 9% were only children. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Group (periodic table) · Personality · Chemistry · Clinical Psychology · Organic Chemistry · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology