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- Title
Religiosity and Altruism: Exploring Religiosity's Impact on the Altruistic Motivations behind Prosocial Behaviors.
- Authors
Etter, Nicola
- Abstract
This study examines the relationship between religiosity and altruistic actions and intentions, and further distinguishes prosocial behavior from genuine altruism (the motivation behind prosocial behaviors). It uses data from the 2014 General Social Survey, which collected information from 2,538 individuals from the United States. This research suggests that an increase in religiosity correlates to an increase in altruistic intentions and altruistic behaviors. These two relationships were not largely affected when controlling for demographics (race and sex), though sex displayed statistically significant relationships. Religion is subsequently shown to promote selfless altruistic behaviors that are not restricted to religious in-group members. These findings are in direct contrast to large portions of previous research suggesting that religion encourages selfish or in-group prosocial behavior purely among specific religious in-groups.
- Subjects
RELIGIOUSNESS; ALTRUISM; PROSOCIAL behavior; DEMOGRAPHIC surveys; SOCIAL surveys
- Publication
Midwest Journal of Undergraduate Research (MJUR), 2019, Issue 10, p88
- ISSN
2160-9357
- Publication type
Article