The authoritarian incubator: Examining the effect of conversion to Christianity on right-wing authoritarianism and social dominance orientation

IF 4 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations Pub Date : 2022-04-16 DOI:10.1177/13684302221085508

C. Lockhart, C. Sibley, D. Osborne

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Abstract

Although religiosity correlates positively with authoritarianism, the temporal ordering of this relationship is unclear. Because religious teachings often promote authoritarian values, right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) should increase following religious conversion. Yet spiritual beliefs may also promote egalitarianism. As such, social dominance orientation (SDO) might decrease postconversion. We tested these hypotheses using data from a subset of participants who converted to Christianity at some point during a 9-year longitudinal panel study (N = 536). We also examined a separate subsample who deconverted over the same period (N = 696). As hypothesised, RWA was stable before conversion, but increased slightly after becoming religious. Unexpectedly, SDO was stable both pre- and postconversion. Conversely, those who deconverted from Christianity experienced declines in RWA both before and after losing their religion, whereas SDO declined only postdeconversion. These results suggest that religious conversion precedes increases in RWA (but not SDO), and that declines in RWA precede deconversion.

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威权主义孵化器:改信基督教对右翼威权主义和社会支配取向的影响

虽然宗教虔诚度与威权主义呈正相关，但这种关系的时间顺序尚不清楚。由于宗教教义往往提倡威权主义价值观，右翼威权主义(RWA)应该在宗教皈依后增加。然而，精神信仰也可能促进平等主义。因此，社会支配倾向(SDO)可能会减少转换后的倾向。我们在一项为期9年的纵向面板研究(N = 536)中，使用一组在某一时刻皈依基督教的参与者的数据来检验这些假设。我们还检查了在同一时期进行反转换的单独子样本(N = 696)。正如假设的那样，RWA在皈依前是稳定的，但在皈依后略有增加。出乎意料的是，SDO在转换前后都是稳定的。相反，那些脱离基督教的人在失去宗教信仰之前和之后RWA都有所下降，而SDO只在脱离基督教之后才有所下降。这些结果表明，宗教皈依先于RWA的增加(而不是SDO)， RWA的下降先于转换。

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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Group Processes & Intergroup Relations is a scientific social psychology journal dedicated to research on social psychological processes within and between groups. It provides a forum for and is aimed at researchers and students in social psychology and related disciples (e.g., organizational and management sciences, political science, sociology, language and communication, cross cultural psychology, international relations) that have a scientific interest in the social psychology of human groups. The journal has an extensive editorial team that includes many if not most of the leading scholars in social psychology of group processes and intergroup relations from around the world.