Personality and religion
(2015) International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed., Vol. 17 — 801-808, published
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- Traditionally, religion has been perceived to shape individuals’ personality (traits, but also values and social attitudes). I review here recent research describing the associations between personality and general religiosity, as well as modern spirituality, fundamentalism, and intense religious change. Additionally, longitudinal, genetic, and experimental studies help us to clarify the causal processes. Religion shapes, to some extent, personality but, inversely, genetic and environmental influences also impact the personality-religiosity links. Personality interacts with environmental factors to predict religiosity; and with religion to predict relevant psychological outcomes.
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Saroglou, V. (2015). Personality and religion. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), J. W. Berry (Area Ed.), & R. D. Roberts (Section Ed.) (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd ed., Vol. 17 (pp. 801-808). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-097086-8.25080-0