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Intellectual Humility’S Links To Religion And Spirituality And The Role Of Authoritarianism, Elizabeth J. Krumrei-Mancuso Jan 2018

Intellectual Humility’S Links To Religion And Spirituality And The Role Of Authoritarianism, Elizabeth J. Krumrei-Mancuso

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A US community sample of 302 adults completed surveys suggesting small, negative links between intellectual humility and a variety of religious/spiritual variables as well as parabolic relationships with highest levels of intellectual humility occurring among those with low and high levels of religion/spirituality. Longitudinal analyses (N = 100) indicated a number of religious/spiritual variables predicted less intellectual humility 3 years later. Right-wing authoritarianism accounted for most of the links between religion/spirituality and intellectual humility, suggesting that it is not religion/spirituality per se, but rather sociopolitical attitudes about authority that is associated with decreases in intellectual humility. After controlling right-wing authoritarianism, …


Same Book, Different Bookmarks: The Development And Preliminary Validation Of The Bible Verse Selection Task As A Measure Of Christian Fundamentalism, Steven V. Rouse, Heather A. Haas, Brian C. Lammert, Kyle D. Eastman Jan 2018

Same Book, Different Bookmarks: The Development And Preliminary Validation Of The Bible Verse Selection Task As A Measure Of Christian Fundamentalism, Steven V. Rouse, Heather A. Haas, Brian C. Lammert, Kyle D. Eastman

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The development and preliminary validation of a new measure of Christian fundamentalism required a multi-stage process. In an initial exploratory study, participants indicated which of a set of Bible verses were most central to their faith, and factor analysis was used to identify verses that appeared to tap a latent dimension of religious fundamentalism (Study 1). These relationships were re-tested with a new method in a new sample (Study 2), and the items that predicted fundamentalism in both samples were incorporated into a new measure of Christian fundamentalism, the Bible Verse Selection Task (BVST). Importantly, the forced-choice format of the …