How are the Big Two personality dimensions of agency (e.g., competence, uniqueness, ambition) and communion (e.g., warmth, relatedness, morality) related to religiosity? A standard view assumes that communion encourages religiosity, whereas agency is independent of religiosity. Our model is more nuanced, taking into account the Big Two’s motivational base as well as culture: Because communal in...

This study examined the relationship between self-deception and religiosity in two different samples: (1) fifty members of a non-denominational church, and (2) 54 students at a state university. The participants responded to Allport and Ross (1967) Religious Orientation Scale and the Paulhus (1984, 1998) Deception Scale. The results indicated that the nature of the relationship depends upon at ...

religion is one of the most important factors which shape the values and beliefs of many people in different societies, and has indisputable effects on human behavior. these effects are present in organizational work environments, as well. in this paper, direct and indirect effects of religiosity on one of the most important dimensions of organizational behavior, namely organizational citizensh...

introduction: health care is one of the most important sectors in the development of each country and disparities in their distribution will reduce the level of development. the aim of this study was to examine the access to healthcare and degree of development in health care resources in the west of iran in 2011. method: this was a cross-sectional and retrospective study. the study setting was...

The paper investigates the factors that inform university undergraduate students’ perceptions of religiously sanctioned homophobia. Data was drawn from a quantitative survey conducted in 2017 on social norms, heteronormativity, and homophobia at South African urban-based university. A total 330 students completed survey. study found statistically significant correlations between sex, degree rel...

extended abstract 1. introduction conspicuous consumption, a kind of consumption that is mostly to satisfy social than basic economic needs, is known as an emerging social issue in contemporary sociology. sociologically, to the conspicuous consumer, such a public display of discretionary economic power is a means either of attaining or of maintaining a given social status. although forms of con...

Many studies have found inverse correlations between intelligence and religiosity, intelligence and political conservatism, and intelligence and political extremism. Other studies have found that academics tend to be significantly less religious and more liberal than the general population. In this article, we argue that interdisciplinary differences in religiosity and political perspective amo...

There is extensive empirical evidence that religion and spirituality are strongly linked with psychological wellbeing; however limited evidence exists for a sample of Muslim Asians. The present study investigated whether spirituality and religiosity are predictors of psychological wellbeing in residents of old homes. It was hypothesized that psychological wellbeing is predicted by spirituality ...