Religion From the Target’s Perspective: A Portrait of Religious Threat and Its Consequences in the United States
| Autor: | Michael H. Pasek, Jonathan E. Cook |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Social Psychology
media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Perspective (graphical) 050109 social psychology Sample (statistics) 050105 experimental psychology Religiosity Clinical Psychology Portrait 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Social identity theory Psychology Prejudice Social psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Social Psychological and Personality Science. 10:82-93 |
| ISSN: | 1948-5514 1948-5506 |
| Popis: | Little is known about social identity threat from religion or religiosity. We collected data from a diverse sample of Protestants, Catholics, Jews, and Muslims across the United States ( N = 970) to test whether, and for whom, religion and religiosity, like other social identities, can be consequential sources of identity threat. Results suggest that religious threat is highest among religious minority groups (Muslims and Jews) and highly religious Protestants. Threat predicted (1) lower belonging, (2) a greater propensity to conceal one’s religion, and (3) more intergroup bias, although these patterns varied somewhat by religion. Results illuminate how a broader social climate in which religion and specific religious groups are often the subject of heated rhetoric may trigger identity threat and exacerbate intergroup hostilities. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|