Does Guilt Motivate Prayer?
We recruited 110 college students for an experimental investigation of the role of guilt in motivating religious behavior. We induced guilt in half of the participants before asking all subjects to indicate their current interest in prayer. Overall, participants in the guilt condition were more inte...
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| Published in: | Journal for the scientific study of religion Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 540 - 554 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01-09-2015
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc |
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| Summary: | We recruited 110 college students for an experimental investigation of the role of guilt in motivating religious behavior. We induced guilt in half of the participants before asking all subjects to indicate their current interest in prayer. Overall, participants in the guilt condition were more interested in praying, but this effect was not observed among those high in grandiose narcissism. Our findings make a contribution not only to the study of the role that emotions have in motivating religious behavior, but also to the study of narcissists' susceptibility to guilt. |
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| Bibliography: | istex:181397CF26F53AF620FB04B3EE9BF88C56AA91F6 ArticleID:JSSR12208 ark:/67375/WNG-7X9D414K-B The authors wish to thank the Department of Psychology for its support in conducting this research and Jean Clore for her helpful suggestions and assistance in editing this article. Acknowledgments Copies of the experimental materials and dataset collected from this study are available upon request from the first author. Note ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
| ISSN: | 0021-8294 1468-5906 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jssr.12208 |