Effects of religious stigma and harm on perceived psychopathology

Prior research suggests that assessment of the pathology of religious beliefs is influenced by conventionality and harm, with less conventional and more harmful beliefs resulting in higher pathology ratings. This study, involving 313 participants, investigated levels of pathology assigned to religio...

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Главные авторы: Judd, Katherine Ann (Автор) ; Vandenberg, Brian (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Taylor & Francis 2014
В: Mental health, religion & culture
Год: 2014, Том: 17, Выпуск: 5, Страницы: 508-519
Другие ключевые слова:B Pathology
B Help
B Stigma
B Harm
B Религия
B Psychopathology
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Итог:Prior research suggests that assessment of the pathology of religious beliefs is influenced by conventionality and harm, with less conventional and more harmful beliefs resulting in higher pathology ratings. This study, involving 313 participants, investigated levels of pathology assigned to religious beliefs when the beliefs were either helpful or less severely harmful than those used in prior research, and when the associated religion was either stigmatised (Islam) or non-stigmatised (Christianity). Results indicate that an attenuated form of harm results in elevated pathology ratings. Furthermore, religious stigma impacts these perceptions when beliefs are harmful but not when beliefs are helpful. Ratings in the harm condition were higher for Christianity than for Islam, suggesting that perceived pathology of religious beliefs may depend less on general stigma assumptions and more on perceived consistency between harmful beliefs and assumed religious schemata.
ISSN:1469-9737
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2013.856001