RESEARCH: "Consequences of a Multidimensional Approach to Religion for the Relationship Between Religiosity and Value Priorities"

Fontaine, Johnny; Duriez, Bart; Luyten, Patrick; Corveleyn, Jozef; Hutsebaut, Dirk

doi:10.1207/s15327582ijpr1502_2

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“…In previous research spirituality turned out to be related to openness to change, and universalism, while traditional religiosity is related to conservatism and conformity (Saroglou et al 2004;Fontaine et al 2005). This confirms our idea that individual religiosity, spirituality, is more likely to be related to a broad focus on informal volunteering that is not related to a specific goal or subject, while collective religiosity is related to formal volunteering within associations, which is more likely to be sensitive to norm conformity as a motivation.…”

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confidence: 84%

The Role of Religiosity for Formal and Informal Volunteering in the Netherlands

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This paper deals with the question: To what extent do individual religious characteristics, in addition to collective religious characteristics, contribute to the explanation of formal and informal volunteering in the Netherlands at the beginning of the 21st century? To answer this research question, we used the SOCON 2005-2006 dataset. Our main finding concerns informal volunteering: we found that spirituality increases the likelihood of informal volunteering, implying that openness to other people's needs increases the likelihood of the actual provision of help. There are no other aspects of religiosity that are related to informal volunteering. With regard to formal volunteering we found that, in line with previous research, religious attendance is related positively to formal volunteering, religious as well as secular volunteering, which can be regarded as support for the proposition that religious involvement is important for norm conformity. Further, having a more religious worldview decreases the likelihood of formal volunteering which might show that those with a strong religious worldview are more concerned with the 'otherworldly' and less so with what they do in this world. We found no influence of Voluntas (2011) 22:365-389 DOI 10.1007 individual religious characteristics on formal volunteering. These results confirm the idea that integration into a religious community plays quite a large role in explaining formal volunteering. Informal volunteering, however, seems to be independent of social networks: it rather depends on individual motivation.Résumé Cet article traite de la question : Dans quelle mesure les caracte´ristiques religieuses individuelles, en plus des caracte´ristiques religieuses collectives, contribuent-elles a`e´clairer le be´ne´volat formel et informel aux Pays-Bas au de´but du 21 e`me sie`cle ? Pour traiter ce sujet de recherche, nous avons utilisé les données issues de l'étude SOCON 2005-2006. Notre conclusion principale concerne le bénévolat informel : nous avons déterminé qu'être porteur d'une spiritualité augmente la propension au bénévolat informel, ce qui implique que l'ouverture aux besoins d'autrui augmente la probabilité de fournir une aide active. Aucun autre aspect de la religiosité n'est lié au bénévolat informel. En ce qui concerne le bénévolat formel, conformément aux résultats des autres recherches, nous avons conclu que le fait de pratiquer une religion est lié de manière positive au bénévolat formel ainsi qu'au bénévolat religieux et laïque, ce qui peut être considéré comme une contribution à la proposition selon laquelle l'engagement religieux est un élé-ment important de la conformité à la norme. Par ailleurs, plus le monde se trouve perçu selon une approche religieuse, moins grandes sont les chances d'être engagé dans une activité de bénévolat formel, ce qui pourrait indiquer que les personnes ayant une vision très religieuse du monde se sentent plus concernées par « l' au-delà » que par leurs actions dans ce monde. Nous n'avons décelé aucune influence...

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The Role of Religiosity for Formal and Informal Volunteering in the Netherlands

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“…Bergan and McConatha's (2000) study of adolescents, young adults, and adults in later life, demonstrated a small positive relation between religiosity and happiness across all three age groups: "Overall, the results of studies examining religiosity and life satisfaction generally indicate that people who express stronger religious faith and involvement also report fewer stressful life events and greater life satisfaction" (p. 25). Religious affiliation was found to be a significant predictor of general life satisfaction and a sense of belonging and purpose in life, as is indicated in a number of studies, including recent studies regarding the benefits of religiosity by Dezutter, Soenens, and Hutsebaut (2006), Walker (2003), and Fontaine, Duriez, Luyten, Corveleyn, and Hutsebaut (2005).…”

Section: Consequences Of Religiositymentioning

confidence: 81%

What is Religiosity

Holdcroft¹

2006

JOCE

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“…Those religious attitudes contrast with ''postcritical belief'' in which people who have wrestled with classical objections to religious belief (drawing, for example, from sociology, psycho-analysis, and philosophy) but affirm transcendence and, in a way that takes into account symbolic cognitive operations, also find ways to affirm the meanings supplied in religious doctrines. Empirical studies show postcritical belief is not correlated with prejudice, and is instead associated with tolerance, openness to experience, and benevolence (see also Desimpelaere et al 1999;Duriez 2003;Duriez and Hutsebaut 2000;Duriez et al 2005;Fontaine et al 2005;Hutsebaut 1995Hutsebaut , 1996Hutsebaut , 1997a.…”

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Religion, Spirituality, and Positive Psychology in Adulthood: A Developmental View

Day

2009

J Adult Dev

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For decades, psychologists have been interested in the question whether, and how, religious and spiritual behavior, in terms of beliefs, attitudes, practices, and belonging, could be scientifically studied and assessed in terms of their relative good, or ill, for human well-being. This article considers contributions of religious commitment and spiritual practice to well-being and cognitivedevelopmental theoretical models and related bodies of empirical and clinical research regarding religious and spiritual development across the life cycle, with particular attention to questions related to positive adult development.

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RESEARCH: "Consequences of a Multidimensional Approach to Religion for the Relationship Between Religiosity and Value Priorities"

Cited by 75 publications

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The Role of Religiosity for Formal and Informal Volunteering in the Netherlands

The Role of Religiosity for Formal and Informal Volunteering in the Netherlands

What is Religiosity

Religion, Spirituality, and Positive Psychology in Adulthood: A Developmental View

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