RT Article
T1 The Interplay Between Post-Critical Beliefs and Anxiety: An Exploratory Study in a Polish Sample
JF Journal of religion and health
VO 51
IS 2
SP 419
OP 430
A1 Sliwak, Jacek
A1 Zarzycka, Beata
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
YR 2012
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1668780364
AB The present research investigates the relationship between anxiety and the religiosity dimensions that Wulff (Psychology of religion: classic and contemporary views, Wiley, New York, 1991; Psychology of religion. Classic and contemporary views, Wiley, New York, 1997; Psychologia religii. Klasyczna i wspólczesna, Wydawnictwo Szkolne i Pedagogiczne, Warszawa, 1999) described as Exclusion vs. Inclusion of Transcendence and Literal vs. Symbolic. The researchers used the Post-Critical Belief scale (Hutsebaut in J Empir Theol 9(2):48-66, 1996; J Empir Theol 10(1):39-54, 1997) to measure Wulff's religiosity dimensions and the IPAT scale (Krug et al. 1967) to measure anxiety. Results from an adult sample (N = 83) suggest that three dimensions show significant relations with anxiety. Orthodoxy correlated negatively with suspiciousness (L) and positively with guilt proneness (O) factor—in the whole sample. Among women, Historical Relativism negatively correlated with suspiciousness (L), lack of integration (Q3), general anxiety and covert anxiety. Among men, Historical Relativism positively correlated with tension (Q4) and emotional instability (C), general anxiety, covert anxiety and overt anxiety. External Critique was correlated with suspiciousness (L) by men.
K1 Anxiety
K1 Post-Critical Belief
K1 Religion
K1 Religiosity
K1 Religious Belief
DO 10.1007/s10943-010-9367-2