TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality and conceptions of religiosity across the world’s religions
AU - BARANSKI, Erica
AU - GARDINER, Gwendolyn
AU - SHAMAN, Nicholas
AU - SHAGEN, Jennah
AU - LEE, Daniel
AU - International Situation Project
AU - FUNDER, David
AU - YEUNG, Wai Lan Victoria
N1 - Prof. Victoria Yeung is a member of International Situation Project.
Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - Research assessing personality traits and religiosity across cultures has typically neglected variation across religious affiliations and has been limited to a small number of personality traits. This study examines the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and their facets, two theoretically distinct measures of religiosity, and twelve other personality traits across seven religious affiliations and 61 countries/regions. The proportion of participants following a religion varied substantially across countries (e.g., Indonesia = 99%; Estonia = 7%). Both measures of religiosity were related to agreeableness, conscientiousness, happiness, and fairness; however; relations with religiosity as a social axiom were stronger and less variable across religious affiliations. Additionally, personality-religiosity links were more robust in low-development, high-conflict, and collectivist nations.
AB - Research assessing personality traits and religiosity across cultures has typically neglected variation across religious affiliations and has been limited to a small number of personality traits. This study examines the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and their facets, two theoretically distinct measures of religiosity, and twelve other personality traits across seven religious affiliations and 61 countries/regions. The proportion of participants following a religion varied substantially across countries (e.g., Indonesia = 99%; Estonia = 7%). Both measures of religiosity were related to agreeableness, conscientiousness, happiness, and fairness; however; relations with religiosity as a social axiom were stronger and less variable across religious affiliations. Additionally, personality-religiosity links were more robust in low-development, high-conflict, and collectivist nations.
KW - Country variation
KW - Personality traits
KW - Religiosity
KW - Religious affiliations
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104496
DO - 10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104496
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
AN - SCOPUS:85193580679
SN - 0092-6566
VL - 110
JO - Journal of Research in Personality
JF - Journal of Research in Personality
M1 - 104496
ER -