Intratextual Fundamentalism Scale--5-Item Version

Williamson, W. Paul; Hood, Ralph W.; Ahmad, Aneeq; Sadiq, Mahmood; Hill, Peter C.

doi:10.1037/t15468-000

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“…Religious Fundamentalism. Fundamentalism was measured by the five-item Intratextual Fundamentalism Scale (IFS; Williamson et al, 2010). If participants gave a positive answer to the screening question ("Do you identify with a religious tradition that includes a Sacred Writing?…”

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“…Second, in contrast to the vast majority of studies which tested the relationship between religion and self-esteem via a single index of religiousness, this study tests religiousness in a quite comprehensive fashion. Specifically, this study uses four different indices of religiousness as potential predictors of self-esteem: religious participation, religious fundamentalism (i.e., believing in the absolute authority of a revealed sacred text; Williamson et al, 2010), positive religious coping (i.e., using methods of coping that reflect a secure relationship with God, greater meaning to be found, and a spiritual connection with others; Pargament et al, 1998), and optimistic afterlife beliefs (i.e., believing that the soul is immortal and will be in a good place after death ;Vandecreek, & Nye, 1993).…”

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Is religiousness a unique predictor of self-esteem? An empirical investigation with a diverse Israeli sample.

Abu‐Raiya¹,

Sasson²,

Cohen³

2023

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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The current investigation aimed to test the relationship between religiousness and self-esteem. Religiousness was measured comprehensively by four indices (i.e., religious participation, positive religious coping, fundamentalism, optimistic afterlife beliefs). In addition, the study examined the key question of whether the relationships between the different indices of religiousness and self-esteem persist after controlling for the potential confounding variable dispositional optimism. The study utilized a cross-sectional design and a sample of Israeli adults (N = 451) from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds. The findings revealed weak positive zero-order correlations between all indices of religiousness and self-esteem. However, none of these indices remained predictive of self-esteem when they were entered into the regression model alongside dispositional optimism. This was true both for the sample as a whole, and for Muslim and Jewish individuals, as well as secular, traditional, and religious individuals, separately. Furthermore, dispositional optimism fully mediated the links between all religious indices and self-esteem. The findings suggest that, at least in the specific sociocultural context in which this research was conducted, religiousness does not add a unique variance in predicting self-esteem, and its link to self-esteem can be explained by nonreligious variables.

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Is religiousness a unique predictor of self-esteem? An empirical investigation with a diverse Israeli sample.

Abu‐Raiya¹,

Sasson²,

Cohen³

2023

Psychology of Religion and Spirituality

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“…There are, however, religious narratives in some denominations that emphasize absolute obedience and submission toward holy texts and divine commands, as well as violence, regardless of the religion (Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 1992;Putra & Sukabdi, 2014). This fundamentalist branch of religion emphasizes sacred texts as the ultimate unquestionable truth and that verses should be interpreted literally regardless of context (Williamson, Hood, Ahmad, Sadiq, & Hill, 2010). In such narratives, reasons are regarded as less important and may be considered as blasphemous by the followers.…”

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Can the activation of analytic cognitive style determine endorsement of secular belief?

Hudiyana

Putra

Ariyanto

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Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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The present study examined the effect of analytical thought priming on individual secular beliefs. In Study 1 (N = 64), we employed analytical thinking priming and examined whether such priming can influence the participants’ endorsement of secular belief. In Study 2 (N = 85), we employed another form of treatment condition to enhance analytical thinking and explored what components of secular beliefs were most affected by such condition. The results of both studies showed that participants primed to think with an analytic style possess higher secular belief, but not for all the domains of secular belief. We focused the discussion on the implications of these findings and the strength of secular belief measure.

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Intratextual Fundamentalism Scale--5-Item Version

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Is religiousness a unique predictor of self-esteem? An empirical investigation with a diverse Israeli sample.

Is religiousness a unique predictor of self-esteem? An empirical investigation with a diverse Israeli sample.

Can the activation of analytic cognitive style determine endorsement of secular belief?

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