Eysenck's dimensional model of personality and religion: Are religious people more neurotic?

The Eysenck Personality Profiler was completed by 400 undergraduate students together with the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity. The data confirm the main conclusion of several previous studies by demonstrating that there is no significant relationship between the personality dimension...

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Authors: Francis, Leslie J. (Author) ; Jackson, Chris J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2003
In: Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2003, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 87-100
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Summary:The Eysenck Personality Profiler was completed by 400 undergraduate students together with the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity. The data confirm the main conclusion of several previous studies by demonstrating that there is no significant relationship between the personality dimension of neuroticism and religiosity. The analyses go beyond previous studies by examining the relationships between religiosity and the seven component parts of neuroticism separately. These analyses demonstrate a significant positive correlation between religiosity and guilt, a significant negative correlation between religiosity and unhappiness, and no significant correlation between religiosity and low-self esteem, anxiety, dependency, hypochondriasis, or obsessiveness.
ISSN:1469-9737
Contains:Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1367467031000086279