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God and the Welfare State - Substitutes or Complements? An Experimental Test of the Effect of Belief in God's Control

“…This could be explained by previous research that gives evidence that priming is less effective among the more-educated [ 53 , 58 – 60 ] and that BGC has less existential relevance for them [ 61 – 63 ] (although this post hoc observation deserves further research). Based on these results and considerations, it seems that the findings suit the strengthening hypothesis (H 2 ) better than the weakening hypothesis (H 1 ).…”

“…With regard to the potential moderating role of education, a long-standing research in political psychology suggests that education affects amenability to political messages [ 52 , 53 ], facilitating people’s cognitive skills and political sophistication, and improving their ability to connect their ideological stances to the corresponding issue positions [ 54 – 57 ]. Accordingly, it was found that the more educated are better able to resist political messages with which they disagree, building on their ideology and information, whereas the less educated are less “principled” and more susceptible to priming [ 53 , 58 – 60 ].…”