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Personality change following religious conversion: perceptions of converts and their close acquaintances.
- Source :
- Mental Health, Religion & Culture; Oct2011, Vol. 14 Issue 8, p757-768, 12p, 6 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This study focuses on how converts and their close acquaintances perceive changes in personality characteristics after religious conversion and possible demographic influences of these perceptions. Sixty Slovakian respondents self-defined as having experienced conversions rated themselves twice on measures of Big Five personality traits, self-esteem, and meaningfulness in life. The first rating provided retrospective information concerning pre-conversion conditions and the second rating obtained data reflecting the convert's present self-understanding. In addition, every convert was rated on the same characteristics by someone who knew the person well during both pre- and post-conversion times. The convert and the rater both provided demographic information (age, education, religiosity, relationship to conversions and converts etc.). Analyses showed that the converts perceived several personality changes: neuroticism decreased while self-esteem, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and extraversion increased. They also reported a large increase in meaningfulness. Perceived changes were in part related to education level and age for converts, and to religiosity in both converts and close persons, suggesting a retrospective bias. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AGE distribution
ANALYSIS of variance
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
BEHAVIOR modification
CHRISTIANITY
STATISTICAL correlation
FRIENDSHIP
LIFE change events
MULTIVARIATE analysis
NEUROSES
PERSONALITY
PSYCHOLOGY & religion
PSYCHOMETRICS
STATISTICAL sampling
SELF-perception
SPIRITUALITY
T-test (Statistics)
EDUCATIONAL attainment
RETROSPECTIVE studies
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13674676
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Mental Health, Religion & Culture
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 65412361
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2010.522564