Belief in foreign supernatural agents as an alternate source of control when personal control is threatened
Across four studies (N = 460), we examined whether foreign supernatural agents (i.e., ones outside one’s own religious tradition) can serve as sources of secondary control (by hearing and responding to requests) and compensatory control (by imbuing the world with order and structure) when personal c...
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
[2016]
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 193-211 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Control behavior
/ Threat
/ Faith
/ Supernatural being
/ Substitute for
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RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion ZD Psychology |
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