Rita Mcnamara
Biographic Data
| ID | 3771024 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rita Mcnamara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rita |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcnamara |
| SIGNATURE | MCNAMARA R |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Material insecurity predicts greater commitment to moralistic and less commitment to local deities
The existential security hypothesis predicts that in the absence of more successful secular institutions, people will be attracted to religion when they are materially insecure. Most assessments, however, employ data sampled at a state-level with a focus on world religions. Using individual-level data collected in societies of varied community sizes with diverse religious traditions including animism, shamanism, polytheism, and monotheism, we con…
Impartial Institutions, Pathogen Stress and the Expanding Social Network
Impartial Institutions, Pathogen Stress and the Expanding Social Network
Material insecurity predicts greater commitment to moralistic and less commitment to local deities
The existential security hypothesis predicts that in the absence of more successful secular institutions, people will be attracted to religion when they are materially insecure. Most assessments, however, employ data sampled at a state-level with a focus on world religions. Using individual-level data collected in societies of varied community sizes with diverse religious traditions including animism, shamanism, polytheism, and monotheism, we con…
Cultural Differences and Values (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment (2 works) · Behavioural sciences (1 work) · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion (1 work) · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation (1 work) · Organizational commitment (1 work) · Political science (1 work) · Psychotherapist (1 work) · Social Psychology (1 work)