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Personality and Socio-cultural Variables Associated with Religious Behavior1

Personality and Socio-cultural Variables Associated with Religious Behavior1 Personality and Socio-cultural Variables Associated with Religious Behavior1 ARON WOLFE SIEGMAN, Bar-Ilan University, Israel2 Many observers have already commented on the neglect of religion by recent students of human behavior. Let me only add that religion should be of interest to the psychologist, if only because it frequently is a pervasive and powerful motivating force in people's lives. It is well known that for religious reasons people have sacrificed not only their so-called basic needs, but also life itself. It is hoped that the studies which will be reported in this paper will help provide an explanation for the fact that religion could be such a powerful motivating force in human behavior. Most of the studies which are summarized in the present paper were undertaken in order to test some of the major hypotheses about the perso- nality variables which supposedly are responsible for individual differences in religious behavior. Insofar as these hypotheses are part of a more general theory of human behavior the results may also have broader theoretical implications. It should be pointed out, however, that unfortunately we were unable, in relation to most hypotheses, to perform the kind of crucial test which is expected in http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archive for the Psychology of Religion Brill

Personality and Socio-cultural Variables Associated with Religious Behavior1

Archive for the Psychology of Religion , Volume 7 (1): 96 – Jan 1, 1962

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Brill
Copyright
© 1962 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0084-6724
eISSN
1573-6121
DOI
10.1163/157361262X00106
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Abstract

Personality and Socio-cultural Variables Associated with Religious Behavior1 ARON WOLFE SIEGMAN, Bar-Ilan University, Israel2 Many observers have already commented on the neglect of religion by recent students of human behavior. Let me only add that religion should be of interest to the psychologist, if only because it frequently is a pervasive and powerful motivating force in people's lives. It is well known that for religious reasons people have sacrificed not only their so-called basic needs, but also life itself. It is hoped that the studies which will be reported in this paper will help provide an explanation for the fact that religion could be such a powerful motivating force in human behavior. Most of the studies which are summarized in the present paper were undertaken in order to test some of the major hypotheses about the perso- nality variables which supposedly are responsible for individual differences in religious behavior. Insofar as these hypotheses are part of a more general theory of human behavior the results may also have broader theoretical implications. It should be pointed out, however, that unfortunately we were unable, in relation to most hypotheses, to perform the kind of crucial test which is expected in

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Archive for the Psychology of ReligionBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1962

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