Mark of the Beast

IF 0.1 Q2 Arts and Humanities

International Journal for the Study of New Religions Pub Date : 2022-03-23 DOI:10.1558/ijsnr.18836

Eric L. Sprankle, Zane Hensel, Todd E. Jennings, Tayle Lyng

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Abstract

Modern Satanism is an oft-misunderstood and stigmatized minority religion that has largely been viewed by mental health professionals through a lens of deviance. Understanding Satanists’ experiences with this stigmatized identity is absent in the current psychological literature. Conceptualizing Satanism within the minority stress and rejection-identification models, a nonrandom sample of 1,272 self-identified Satanists were surveyed about their strength of identity, anticipated discrimination, and depressive symptoms. Results indicated that aspects of Satanist identity (centrality and in-group ties) positively correlated with anticipated discrimination, and other aspects (in-group ties and in-group affect) negatively correlated with depressive symptoms. Additionally, in-group ties moderated the relationship between anticipated discrimination and depressive symptoms, suggesting that Satanists who have social support from other Satanists are less affected by the depressive repercussions of anticipated discrimination. Implications for mental health professionals treating Satanists presenting with religious minority stressors and depressive symptoms are discussed.

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现代撒旦教是一个经常被误解和污名化的少数民族宗教，在很大程度上被心理健康专业人士通过一种越轨的镜头来看待。在目前的心理学文献中，对撒旦教徒这种被污名化身份的经历的理解是缺失的。在少数民族压力和拒绝-认同模型中概念化撒旦主义，对1,272名自我认同的撒旦主义者进行了非随机抽样调查，调查内容包括他们的认同强度、预期歧视和抑郁症状。结果表明，撒旦身份(中心性和群体内关系)与预期歧视正相关，其他方面(群体内关系和群体内情感)与抑郁症状负相关。此外，群体内关系缓和了预期歧视与抑郁症状之间的关系，这表明得到其他撒旦教徒社会支持的撒旦教徒较少受到预期歧视的抑郁反应的影响。讨论了心理健康专业人员治疗以宗教少数派压力源和抑郁症状为表现的撒旦教徒的意义。

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期刊介绍： The International Journal for the Study of New Religions considers submissions from both established scholars and research students from all over the world. Articles should be written for a general scholarly audience. All articles accepted by the editors are then peer-reviewed. International Journal for the Study of New Religions is published biannually in May and November. Each issue includes articles and a number of book reviews. The journal is published simultaneously in print and onlineThe language of publication is English, and submissions should be English.