Building on gene–environment interaction (G E) research, this study examines how the dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4) gene interacts with a situational prime of religion to influence prosocial behavior. Some DRD4 variants tend to be more susceptible to environmental influences, whereas other variants are less susceptible. Thus, certain life environments may be associated with acts of prosociality fo...

The authors review findings from the psychology of religion showing that believers’ perceived relationships with God meet the definitional criteria for attachment relationships. They also review evidence for associations between aspects of religion and individual differences in interpersonal attachment security and insecurity. They focus on two developmental pathways to religion. The first is a...

About the author ADRIAN COYLE is a Social Psychologist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Surrey, where he fulfils the role of Director of the MSc Programme in Social Psychology. He has been undertaking qualitative research since the mid-1990s, mostly using interpretative phenomenological analysis, grounded theory and discourse analysis. His research and pu...