Religious Diversity, Empathy, and God Images: Perspectives from the Psychology of Religion Shaping a Study among Adolescents in the UK

Autor/inn/en	Francis, Leslie J.; Croft, Jennifer S.; Pyke, Alice
Titel	Religious Diversity, Empathy, and God Images: Perspectives from the Psychology of Religion Shaping a Study among Adolescents in the UK
Quelle	In: Journal of Beliefs & Values, 33 (2012) 3, S.293-307 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1361-7672
DOI	10.1080/13617672.2012.732810
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Altruism; Foreign Countries; Empathy; Religious Factors; Religion; Psychology; Questionnaires; Measures (Individuals); Attendance; Correlation; Scores; United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (London); United Kingdom (Northern Ireland); United Kingdom (Scotland); United Kingdom (Wales); Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Ausland; Empathie; Psychologie; Fragebogen; Messdaten; Anwesenheit; Korrelation
Abstract	Major religious traditions agree in advocating and promoting love of neighbour as well as love of God. Love of neighbour is reflected in altruistic behaviour and empathy stands as a key motivational factor underpinning altruism. This study employs the empathy scale from the Junior Eysenck Impulsiveness Questionnaire to assess the association between empathy and God images among a sample of 5993 religiously diverse adolescents (13-15 years old) attending state maintained schools in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and London. The key psychological theory being tested by these data concerns the linkage between God images and individual differences in empathy. The data demonstrate that religious identity (e.g. Christian, Muslim) and religious attendance are less important than the God images which young people hold. The image of God as a God of mercy is associated with higher empathy scores, while the image of God as a God of justice is associated with lower empathy scores. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10