Do religious people hold more heteronormative attitudes? Dogmatic beliefs may matter
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Paul Youngbin Kim, Ph.D.
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Event
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Completed qualitative research study
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Psychology
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Our study analyzed the direct relationship of religiosity and spirituality on heteronormativity, as well as the mediating effect of dogmatism on this relationship in a sample of college students at a private religious institution (N = 48). We hypothesized that both religiosity and spirituality would positively relate to heteronormativity directly (hypotheses 1 & 3) and with dogmatism as a mediator; therefore, we predicted that religiosity and spirituality would positively correlate with dogmatism, and dogmatism would positively relate to heteronormativity (hypotheses 2 & 4). Participants completed an online survey that measured each of the study variables. The relationships from both religiosity and spirituality to heteronormativity were nonsignificant, as was the mediating effect of dogmatism on the relationship between spirituality and heteronormativity. However, a significant positive relationship was found between religiosity and dogmatism, dogmatism and heteronormativity, and the overall mediation of these three variables. Our findings provide evidence of the conceptual difference between religiosity and spirituality, as well as how they differently predict heteronormativity directly and through dogmatism as a mediator. These findings have potential implications for researchers, clinicians, religious institutions, and everyday life
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Do religious people hold more heteronormative attitudes? Dogmatic beliefs may matter
Our study analyzed the direct relationship of religiosity and spirituality on heteronormativity, as well as the mediating effect of dogmatism on this relationship in a sample of college students at a private religious institution (N = 48). We hypothesized that both religiosity and spirituality would positively relate to heteronormativity directly (hypotheses 1 & 3) and with dogmatism as a mediator; therefore, we predicted that religiosity and spirituality would positively correlate with dogmatism, and dogmatism would positively relate to heteronormativity (hypotheses 2 & 4). Participants completed an online survey that measured each of the study variables. The relationships from both religiosity and spirituality to heteronormativity were nonsignificant, as was the mediating effect of dogmatism on the relationship between spirituality and heteronormativity. However, a significant positive relationship was found between religiosity and dogmatism, dogmatism and heteronormativity, and the overall mediation of these three variables. Our findings provide evidence of the conceptual difference between religiosity and spirituality, as well as how they differently predict heteronormativity directly and through dogmatism as a mediator. These findings have potential implications for researchers, clinicians, religious institutions, and everyday life
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