Diverse cognitive profiles of religious believers and nonbelievers
The factors that make people religious or atheistic are currently much debated, and empirical evidence is limited. Further, the possibility that both religious believers and nonbelievers comprise diverse subtypes with different characteristics has seldom been considered. In this study, characteristi...
| Published in: | The international journal for the psychology of religion |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2016]
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| In: |
The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Faith
/ Religion
/ Latent class analysis
/ Cognitive psychology
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion ZD Psychology |
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Volltext (doi) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The factors that make people religious or atheistic are currently much debated, and empirical evidence is limited. Further, the possibility that both religious believers and nonbelievers comprise diverse subtypes with different characteristics has seldom been considered. In this study, characteristics of religious believers (N = 984) and nonbelievers (N = 1,000) were analyzed with latent class analyses. These analyses identified five religious subgroups and five nonbeliever subgroups that differed in analytical thinking, empathizing, mechanistic cognition (i.e., systemizing), and autistic and schizotypal traits. The results highlight the strengths and limitations of current theoretical arguments about religious beliefs. |
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| Item Description: | "Volume 26, Numbers 1-4 2016" sind in einem Heft erschienen |
| ISSN: | 1050-8619 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/10508619.2015.1091695 |