The Relationship between Attachment to God, Prosociality, and Image of God

IF 0.8 3区哲学 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Archive for the Psychology of Religion-Archiv Fur Religionspsychologie Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI:10.1163/15736121-12341356

Yunus Bayramoğlu, M. Harma, Onurcan Yilmaz

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Abstract

Although religiosity fosters some antisocial behaviors (e.g., support for suicide attacks), it is well-known that it also enhances in-group cooperation and prosociality (e.g., donating to charity). Supernatural punishment hypothesis suggests that the fear of punishment from an invisible, potent, and powerful supernatural agent can keep everyone in line, and encourage prosociality. We first investigated this relationship in a predominantly Muslim country and then tested a model suggesting that attachment to God can lead people to think God as authoritarian, which in turn leads them to report more prosocial intentions. The results demonstrate that (1) there are some findings suggesting that Attachment to God Inventory is a reliable measure in Turkey, (2) seeing God as authoritarian is positively correlated with prosociality, and (3) our above-mentioned model was supported by the data. Results generally support the supernatural punishment hypothesis and additionally show the utility of attachment theory in explaining the religiosity-prosociality link.

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依恋上帝、亲社会和上帝形象之间的关系

虽然宗教信仰会助长一些反社会行为(例如，支持自杀式袭击)，但众所周知，它也会增强群体内合作和亲社会性(例如，向慈善机构捐款)。超自然惩罚假说认为，对来自无形的、强有力的超自然力量的惩罚的恐惧可以让每个人都守规矩，并鼓励亲社会行为。我们首先在一个以穆斯林为主的国家调查了这种关系，然后测试了一个模型，该模型表明，对上帝的依恋会导致人们认为上帝是权威的，这反过来又会导致他们报告更多的亲社会意图。结果表明:(1)在土耳其，“上帝依恋量表”是一种可靠的测量方法;(2)将上帝视为权威与亲社会性呈正相关;(3)上述模型得到了数据的支持。研究结果普遍支持超自然惩罚假说，并显示依恋理论在解释宗教信仰与亲社会关系方面的效用。

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Archive for the Psychology of Religion-Archiv Fur Religionspsychologie Multiple-

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期刊介绍： The international, peer-reviewed journal Archive for the Psychology of Religion/Archiv für Religionspsychologie is the oldest periodical that publishes research in the psychology of religion. It is the organ of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR), founded in 1914. The Archive for the Psychology of Religion/Archiv für Religionspsychologie is open to all scientific methodologies, both quantitative and qualitative.