Judgments of Religiosity Following Minimal Interaction

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" Judgments of Religiosity Following Minimal Interaction "
Benjamin R. Meagher

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1065432
Doc. No	:	LA109061
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15736121-12341318‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Benjamin R. Meagher
Title & Author	:	Judgments of Religiosity Following Minimal Interaction [Article]\ Benjamin R. Meagher
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Archive for the Psychology of Religion
Date	:	2016
Volume/ Issue Number	:	38/1
Page No	:	1–21
Abstract	:	In the current study, unacquainted groups of both religious Christians and non-religious atheists/agnostics rated themselves and each other on a number of attributes, including religiosity and morality. A Social Relations analysis revealed small, but statistically significant levels of consensus for impressions of religiosity. Subsequent correlations indicated that groups relied on the target’s gender and race to reach consensus. Analyses of participants’ idiosyncratic ratings revealed similarity between religious and non-religious perceivers in terms of their association of high morality with religiousness. Religious identification did moderate the relationship between religiosity and emotional stability, as well as between religiosity and extraversion. These results indicate that group stereotypes for religiosity are largely shared among both adherents and non-adherents. In the current study, unacquainted groups of both religious Christians and non-religious atheists/agnostics rated themselves and each other on a number of attributes, including religiosity and morality. A Social Relations analysis revealed small, but statistically significant levels of consensus for impressions of religiosity. Subsequent correlations indicated that groups relied on the target’s gender and race to reach consensus. Analyses of participants’ idiosyncratic ratings revealed similarity between religious and non-religious perceivers in terms of their association of high morality with religiousness. Religious identification did moderate the relationship between religiosity and emotional stability, as well as between religiosity and extraversion. These results indicate that group stereotypes for religiosity are largely shared among both adherents and non-adherents.
Descriptor	:	group stereotypes
Descriptor	:	interpersonal perception
Descriptor	:	religiosity
Descriptor	:	social relations model
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15736121-12341318‬