Religiousness and the Big Five factors in a large British sample
This study examined the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and religiousness in a large sample where the majority of people were not at all religious. In all, 3869 British adults recorded how religious they were and completed a measure of the Big Five. Extraversion had a markedly d...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2024, Volume: 27, Issue: 7, Pages: 674-683 |
| Further subjects: | B
Conscientiousness
B Lexicostatistics B Personality B Gender B Religiousness B Agreeableness |
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| Summary: | This study examined the relationship between the Big Five personality traits and religiousness in a large sample where the majority of people were not at all religious. In all, 3869 British adults recorded how religious they were and completed a measure of the Big Five. Extraversion had a markedly different effect in terms of the odds of being non-religious compared to the effect on the level of religiousness. A standard deviation increase in Extraversion was associated with a 7% reduction in religiousness but, by contrast, it is also associated with a 28% decrease in the odds of being non-religious. A standard deviation increase in Agreeableness is associated with a 10% increase in the level of religiousness and a 17% decrease in the odds of being non-religious. Implications for research are discussed and limitations are acknowledged. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9737 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2025.2477612 |
