Awe, Group Cohesion, and Religious Self-Sacrifice

IF 1.7 2区哲学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Pub Date : 2021-09-30 DOI:10.1080/10508619.2021.1975423

M. Naclerio, Patty Van Cappellen

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Awe is an emotion frequently experienced in religious contexts. Research has documented the effects of awe on feelings of small self, spirituality, and sense of interconnectedness. We extend this literature by investigating the relationship between awe and religious group cohesion, which can ultimately lead to sacrifice for one’s religious group. Study 1 found that U.S. adult participants (N = 782) who experience greater dispositional awe-proneness are more willing to self-sacrifice for their group. This relationship was explained (mediated) by greater reports of a sense of vastness and greater cohesion with one’s religious group. In Study 2, U.S. community participants (N = 187) were randomly assigned to an awe induction condition or a neutral condition. While the manipulation successfully elicited feelings of awe and small self (both vastness and self-diminishment), it did not directly affect our other measures. We still found partial evidence for an indirect pathway from awe to vastness, group cohesion, and sacrifice for one’s religious group. This research highlights an emotional component of religious group cohesion, with implications for the role of awe in self-sacrificial forms of devotion.

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敬畏、群体凝聚力与宗教自我牺牲

敬畏是一种在宗教环境中经常出现的情绪。研究记录了敬畏对小自我、精神和相互联系感的影响。我们通过调查敬畏与宗教团体凝聚力之间的关系来扩展这篇文献，宗教团体凝聚力最终会导致为自己的宗教团体做出牺牲。研究1发现，美国成年参与者（N=782）经历了更大的倾向性敬畏倾向，更愿意为自己的群体做出自我牺牲。这种关系是由更多关于广阔感和与宗教团体更大凝聚力的报道所解释的。在研究2中，美国社区参与者（N=187）被随机分配到敬畏诱导状态或中性状态。虽然这种操纵成功地引发了敬畏和渺小的自我（既有巨大的自我，也有自我削弱的自我），但它并没有直接影响我们的其他衡量标准。我们仍然发现了部分证据，证明了从敬畏到浩瀚、群体凝聚力和为宗教团体做出牺牲的间接途径。这项研究强调了宗教团体凝聚力的情感成分，对敬畏在自我牺牲的奉献形式中的作用有启示。

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International Journal for the Psychology of Religion Multiple-

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4.20

自引率

4.50%

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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.