Potential Psychological Predictors of Religiosity

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ID12389147
AuthorsMichael A Thalbourne (The University of Adelaide, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume17
Issue4
Pages333-336
Publication date2007-10-05
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal for the Psychology of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1050-8619 • E-ISSN: 1532-7582
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10508610701572853
OpenAlexW2024641493
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited13

Seventeen potential psychological predictors of religiosity—10 of them measuring psychopathology—were first correlated with the 8-item nonsectarian Religiosity Scale devised by Haraldsson (1981) Haraldsson, E. 1981. Some determinants of belief in psychical phenomena. Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research., 75: 297–309. [Google Scholar]; they were then entered simultaneously into a multiple regression analysis to uncover those variables that were independently related to religiosity. The only variable significantly related to religiosity after this process was mystical experience. These findings are consistent with the view that, certain skeptics notwithstanding, religiosity appears not to be related to psychopathology, at least not in this sample of psychology undergraduates

Epistemology · Mysticism · Psychopathology · Religiosity · Scale (ratio · Skepticism · Theology · Clinical Psychology · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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