RT Article
T1 Secular Examination of Spirituality-Prosociality Association
JF Archive for the psychology of religion
VO 39
IS 1
SP 61
OP 81
A1 Dong, Mengchen
A1 Wu, Song
A1 Zhu, Yijie
A2 Wu, Song
A2 Zhu, Yijie
A2 Zhang, Yanjun 1973-
A2 Jin, Shenghua
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1561942421
AB 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.
K1 Spirituality : religion : religious prosociality : prosocial behavior
DO 10.1163/15736121-12341332