The Contribution of Religiosity to Ideology: Empirical Evidences From Five Continents

The current study examines the extent to which religiosity account for ideological orientations in 16 countries from five continents (Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Greece, Finland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States). Result...

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Published in:Cross-Cultural Research Vol. 52; no. 5; pp. 524 - 541
Main Authors: Caprara, Gian Vittorio, Vecchione, Michele, Schwartz, Shalom H., Schoen, Harald, Bain, Paul G., Silvester, Jo, Cieciuch, Jan, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Bianchi, Gabriel, Kirmanoglu, Hasan, Baslevent, Cem, Mamali, Catalin, Manzi, Jorge, Katayama, Miyuki, Posnova, Tetyana, Tabernero, Carmen, Torres, Claudio, Verkasalo, Markku, Lönnqvist, Jan-Erik, Vondráková, Eva, Caprara, Maria Giovanna
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.12.2018
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
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dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1201; name=Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200/3201; name=Psychology (miscellaneous)
dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3314; name=Anthropology
Ideology
Income
political ideology
political ideology; religiosity; values
Public sphere
Religion
Religiosity
Sociodemographics
Values
Greece
Turkey
Poland
Italy
Slovakia
Australia
Spain
religiosity
values
political ideology
ISSN:1069-3971, 1552-3578
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Summary:The current study examines the extent to which religiosity account for ideological orientations in 16 countries from five continents (Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Greece, Finland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States). Results showed that religiosity was consistently related to right and conservative ideologies in all countries, except Australia. This relation held across different religions, and did not vary across participant’s demographic conditions (i.e., gender, age, income, and education). After controlling for basic personal values, the contribution of religiosity on ideology was still significant. However, the effect was substantial only in countries where religion has played a prominent role in the public sphere, such as Spain, Poland, Greece, Italy, Slovakia, and Turkey. In the other countries, the unique contribution of religiosity was marginal or small.
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ISSN:1069-3971
1552-3578
DOI:10.1177/1069397118774233