Need for closure and adult attachment dimensions as predictors of religion and reading interests
(2003) One hundred years of psychology and religion — ISBN: [978-9-0538-3872-3], 139-154, published
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- Interest in religion and spirituality is motivated by cognitive and affective needs. In the present study, 181 adults who were approached at the exits of bookstores evaluated themselves on the following dimensions: adult attachment (anxiety and avoidance), need for closure (preference for order and predictability), religion (classic religiosity and spirituality/emotion-based religion) and reading interests. Need for closure (but not attachment dimensions) predicted classic religiosity whereas anxiety in relationships (but not avoidance) and preference for order (but not predictability) predicted interest in spirituality/emotional religion. Finally, people high in anxiety reported high interest in reading spirituality books. Discussion questions the correspondence model (secure people are more religious) and emphasizes the need for distinguishing between anxiety and avoidance when studying religion, as well as the need to understand the religion-need for closure relation in the context of individual history.
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Saroglou, V., Kempeneers, A., & Seynhaeve, I. (2003). Need for closure and adult attachment dimensions as predictors of religion and reading interests. In P. Roelofsma, J. Corveleyn, & J. van Saane (Eds.) (ed.), One hundred years of psychology and religion (pp. 139-154). VU University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/60377