Secular Examination of Spirituality-Prosociality Association
Religious beliefs in Chinese cultural background, especially in Chinese secular society, have rarely been systematically investigated. The nonreligious-based population in China endorses certain supernatural beliefs or has related transcendent experience, even though they usually claim themselves as...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Vérifier la disponibilité: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2017
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| Dans: |
Archive for the psychology of religion
Année: 2017, Volume: 39, Numéro: 1, Pages: 61-81 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
China
/ Laïcité
/ Spiritualité
/ Comportement prosocial
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AB Philosophie de la religion AD Sociologie des religions KBM Asie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Spirituality
religion
religious prosociality
prosocial behavior
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| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (Maison d'édition) |
| Résumé: | Religious beliefs in Chinese cultural background, especially in Chinese secular society, have rarely been systematically investigated. The nonreligious-based population in China endorses certain supernatural beliefs or has related transcendent experience, even though they usually claim themselves as non-believers. Therefore, the current research examined the spirituality-prosociality association in Chinese secular background, demonstrating how spiritual connection with the transcendence related to individual secular social life. A total of 440 Chinese participants completed our questionnaires in three survey studies. The results showed that: 1) for the nonreligious-based population in China, spirituality was positively connected with personal prosocial trait, prosocial attitude, and prosocial behavior; 2) the prosocial trait of compassionate love partially mediated the association between spirituality and daily prosocial expenses on time and money; and 3) personal emphasis on moral principles such as ultimate justice beliefs partially mediated the association between spirituality and interpersonal altruism in organizational settings. Limitations and future directions were discussed. |
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| Description matérielle: | Online-Ressource |
| ISSN: | 1573-6121 |
| Contient: | In: Archive for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15736121-12341332 |
