Taking Psychoanalytic and Psychometric Perspectives toward a Binocular Vision of Religion

Current psychology of religion relies mostly on quantitative psychometric approaches for the description, explanation, or prediction of religious experience and behavior, risking narrow reifications of operational definitions and neglect of individual experience. Psychoanalytic concepts are rarely a...

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Autore principale: Keller, Barbara (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Brill [2020]
In: Brill research perspectives in religion and psychology
Anno: 2020, Volume: 2, Fascicolo: 2, Pagine: 1-85
Altre parole chiave:B interdisciplinary dialogue
B Psychoanalysis
B religious styles
B Psychometrics
B religious / spiritual personality
B religious / spiritual development
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Riepilogo:Current psychology of religion relies mostly on quantitative psychometric approaches for the description, explanation, or prediction of religious experience and behavior, risking narrow reifications of operational definitions and neglect of individual experience. Psychoanalytic concepts are rarely addressed, due to being seen as lacking a scientific foundation, such as hypothesis testing based on large samples. Psychoanalysts have been slow to discuss religion without suspicion of pathology. Recently, psychoanalysts have broadened their empirical work and a “narrative turn” is discernible in developmental and personality psychology, allowing the inclusion of subjective perspectives. Drawing on these developments a rapprochement of psychodynamic and psychometric approaches is suggested to gain more depth of vision. Examples are given for the areas of development, personality, and psychotherapy.
ISSN:2589-7128
Comprende:Enthalten in: Brill research perspectives in religion and psychology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/25897128-12340004