Abstract
Based on Schwartz's (1992) value theory, Fontaine, Luyten and Corveleyn (2000) found that the value patterns associated with Wulff's (1991, 1999) four approaches toward religion could be reduced to a combination of two theoretically meaningful value patterns: a Transcendence/Mutual Care and a Social order/Uncertainty avoidance pattern. In this study, we examined whether we could replicate these findings in a Polish sample.
Highlights
Relations between value preferences and religiosity are often the crucial problem discussed in the works of theologians, philosophers and psychologists
The value pattern associated with Orthodoxy was explained successfully by the combination of the Transcendence/Mutual Care pattern (TC) and the Social order/Uncertainty avoidance pattern (SU) value patterns, supporting the comprehensiveness of the present theoretical framework
Bivariate correlations revealed the correlation pattern expected on the basis of the TC and SU value pattern
Summary
Relations between value preferences and religiosity are often the crucial problem discussed in the works of theologians, philosophers and psychologists This interest seems to persist in the context of the “loss of values” visible in Western societies, in particular in Europe (Fontaine, Luyten, & Corveleyn, 2000; Duriez, Fontaine, & Luyten, 2001; Fontaine, Duriez, Luyten, Corveleyn, & Hutsebaut, 2005). Rokeach (1968) asked his respondents to prioritise 18 terminal values[1] and 18 instrumental values[2], and compared religious and non-religious individuals regarding average ranks assigned to each value. According to Fontaine et al (2000), the approach suggested by Rokeach (1968) has two limi-
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