Descriptions of Religious Experience Using Trait and Affect Adjectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13667697 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael E Nielsen (0000-0002-0388-1187, Georgia Southern University), Michael Nielsen (0000-0002-3161-6823, Georgia Southern University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 86 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 308-310 |
| Publication date | 2000-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychological Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.1.308 |
| PMID | 10778285 |
| OpenAlex | W2078012358 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
66 adults rated the relevance of adjectives representing dimensions of affect and personality for describing how they felt during religious experiences. Adjectives, representing positive affect (enthusiastic, at ease), low neuroticism (calm, relaxed), and high agreeableness (soft-hearted, sympathetic), conscientiousness (conscientious, reliable), and extraversion (sociable, talkative), were rated to be descriptive of religious experiences. The failure of openness to discriminate religious experiences is consistent with Block's criticism (1995) of the five-factor model of personality
Affect (linguistics · Agreeableness · Big Five personality traits · Conscientiousness · Developmental psychology · Extraversion and introversion · Hierarchical structure of the Big Five · Neuroticism · Openness to experience · Personality · Relevance (law · Trait · Communication · Cultural Differences and Values · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2009 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |