How Do Perceptions of God as Autonomy Supportive or Controlling Relate to Individuals' Social-Cognitive Processing of Religious Contents? The Role of Motives for Religious Behavior

Using self-determination theory as a guiding framework, this study examined whether perceptions of God as autonomy supportive and controlling were related to individuals' belief in a transcendent reality and to their social-cognitive style of approaching religious contents (i.e., literal and ri...

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Main Author: Soenens, Bart (Author)
Contributors: Neyrinck, Bart ; Vansteenkiste, Maarten ; Dezutter, Jessie ; Hutsebaut, Dirk ; Duriez, Bart
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2012
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 10-30
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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