Is There a Dark Side to Humility? Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Evidence for Existential Costs of Humility

IF 1.7 2区哲学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Pub Date : 2022-12-02 DOI:10.1080/10508619.2022.2143662

D. V. Van Tongeren, Matthew Severino, Yuki Kojima, Kirsten Miskowski, Sabrina L. Blank

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Previous research has highlighted the benefits of holding one’s views with humility. However, might intellectual humility surrounding existential beliefs also incur some psychological costs? To advance research on intellectual humility about existential concerns (IH-E), we conducted four studies (N = 1,700) to examine potential costs of humility. Study 1 (N = 203) revealed that IH-E was associated with greater death-related anxiety. Study 2 (N = 1,151) replicated this association in a larger sample. In Study 3 (N = 77), a longitudinal study of first-year college students revealed that IH-E predicted negative changes in religious well-being three and six weeks later. In Study 4 (N = 269), a year-long longitudinal study of religious “ex-vangelicals” revealed that IH-E predicted religious disbelief and lower well-being one year later. We discuss implications for the nature and structure of security-providing worldviews. Despite the benefits of humility, holding existential beliefs humbly might come with intrapsychic costs.

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谦逊有阴暗面吗?谦逊的存在代价的横断面和纵向证据

先前的研究强调了以谦逊的态度持有观点的好处。然而，围绕存在主义信念的智力谦卑是否也会带来一些心理成本?为了推进关于存在关怀的智力谦卑研究，我们进行了四项研究(N = 1700)来考察谦卑的潜在成本。研究1 (N = 203)显示IH-E与更大的死亡相关焦虑相关。研究2 (N = 1151)在更大的样本中重复了这种关联。在研究3 (N = 77)中，一项对一年级大学生的纵向研究显示，IH-E预测了三周和六周后宗教幸福感的负向变化。在研究4 (N = 269)中，一项为期一年的对宗教“前福音派教徒”的纵向研究显示，IH-E预测一年后的宗教不信和较低的幸福感。我们讨论了提供安全的世界观的性质和结构的含义。尽管谦卑有好处，但谦卑地持有存在主义信仰可能会带来内在的代价。

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International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Multiple-

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4.20

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期刊介绍： The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (IJPR) is devoted to psychological studies of religious processes and phenomena in all religious traditions. This journal provides a means for sustained discussion of psychologically relevant issues that can be examined empirically and concern religion in the most general sense. It presents articles covering a variety of important topics, such as the social psychology of religion, religious development, conversion, religious experience, religion and social attitudes and behavior, religion and mental health, and psychoanalytic and other theoretical interpretations of religion. The journal publishes research reports, brief research reports, commentaries on relevant topical issues, book reviews, and statements addressing articles published in previous issues. The journal may also include a major essay and commentaries, perspective papers of the theory, and articles on the psychology of religion in a specific country.