Religious Role Differentiation as an Aspect of Subjective Culture
A synthesis between reference group theory and structural analyses of social behavior is proposed, through a link between the concepts of role salience and role differentiation. This integration is then extended to provide a framework for some of the processes mediating individual differences in sub...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
1976
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Journal of cross-cultural psychology
Year: 1976, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-19 |
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Summary: | A synthesis between reference group theory and structural analyses of social behavior is proposed, through a link between the concepts of role salience and role differentiation. This integration is then extended to provide a framework for some of the processes mediating individual differences in subjective culture, and some of the problems inherent in cross-cultural communication. The theoretical analysis is illustrated by an empirical study which compared religious role salience and/or differentiation in four cultural groups. The religious role was found to be more salient and less differentiated among Pakistani Moslems than among Javanese Moslems, Thai Buddhists, and Philippine Catholics. |
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ISSN: | 1552-5422 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of cross-cultural psychology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/002202217671001 |