Personality predictors of religious orientation among Protestant, Catholic, and non-religious college students

Author(s): PatockPeckham, J. A., Cheong, J. W., Nagoshi, C. T.

Journal/Book: Pers Indiv Differ. 1998; 24: The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford, England OX5 1GB. Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd. 145-151.

Abstract: A total of 249 college students completed a questionnaire regarding their Religious Affiliation, Intrinsic/extrinsic Religiosity, Impulsiveness, Venturesomeness, Irrational Beliefs, Neuroticism, Depression, Obsession Proneness, Irrational Beliefs, and Positive and Negative stress. The subsample used included 214 students who indicated they were non-religious, Protestant, or Catholic. Religious affiliation was found to be a moderator of the correlations of religious ego-involvement, i.e. Intrinsic religious motivation, with various personality variables. Intrinsic religiosity was found to be predictive of proneness to obsessive-compulsive cognitions/behaviors among Catholics, but not among non-religious and Protestant subjects. These results were discussed in terms of ego-involvement with the particular social norms espoused by different religious affiliations.

Note: Article Nagoshi CT, Arizona State Univ, Dept Psychol, Tempe,AZ 85287 USA

Keyword(s): OBSESSIONS; NORMS

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