The effect of thinking about being excluded by God on well-being

Autor: Eric D. Wesselmann, Joseph Hilgard, Alison I. Young, Anna R. George, Ilja van Beest
Přispěvatelé: Department of Social Psychology
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Journal for The Psychology of Religion, 31(2), 138-148. Routledge
ISSN: 1532-7582
1050-8619
Popis: Prior research has provided initial evidence that thinking about being excluded by God lowers self-reported well-being in a Dutch sample of Christian students. The current research sought to replicate this finding in two studies. The first experiment recruited a USA sample of Christian students from a secular and religious school. The second experiment recruited a USA online sample of Christians contacted via Mechanical Turk. Results of these two studies replicated the initial finding that thinking about being excluded by God lowers self-reported well-being relative to thinking about being included by God, or contemplating that God created the earth. Moreover, a mini-meta analysis of the original study and the current two studies added the novel insight that thinking about being included by God increased well-being relative to contemplating that God created the earth. Overall, these results show how people’s perceived relationship with God may influence their quality of life.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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