Religiosity Values Research Articles

The Effects of Knowledge, Religiosity Value, and Attitude on Halal Label Reading Behavior of Undergraduate Students

Halal label is a label on food that justified according to Islamic law, qualified and did not harm our health. The purpose of this research was to analyze the effect of intrinsic factors (individual charac teristics and family characteristics), extrinsic factors, knowledge, religiosity and the attitude towards behavior of reading the halal label on food products of undergraduate students. This study used cross sectional study with survey method. The research involved 400 students of Bogor Agricultural Uni versity that were chosen by multistage random sampling with gender as a layer. There was significant difference between female and male in knowledge, religiosity value, and attitude in reading halal label, whereas the behavior in reading label had no significant difference. Age, religiosity value, and attitude were found affected significantly behavior of reading halal label on food products.

Religiosity and Audit Fees

We document in this study that high religious environment in which auditors operate have a significant impact on their behavior, resulting in lower audit risk and lower audit effort, and hence lower audit fees. Our findings show that there is a significantly negative association between audit fees and religiosity values of counties in which auditors’ offices are located. Additionally, the results show that only the religiosity values based on Protestants’ religious beliefs are negatively associated with audit fees, but not the religiosity values based on Catholics religious beliefs. Moreover, we find that the negative association between religiosity values and audit fees is stronger when auditors’ offices are located in rural areas compared to urban areas. We use the religiosity values based both on the American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) and Gallup data base to enhance the reliability of our results, and we find that the results based on both data bases are similar.

The Influence of Religiosity, Parental and Peer Attachment on Hedonistic Behavior among Malaysian Youth

Drawing from ecological system theory, the current study addresses the connection between environment and youth development and what they actually engage in. This study examined contributors of hedonistic behavior among youth in Malaysia. A sample of 103 undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds participated in the study. Using a quantitative survey methodology, self-administered questionnaires measuring parental and peer attachment, religiosity personality and worldview were used to identify predictors of hedonistic behavior among youth. The finding showed both, parental and peer attachment behavior moderated the relationships between religiosity and present-hedonistic values and behavior.

The negative impact of religious pluralism on the Islamic society in Malaysia

Religious pluralism is a belief that often gives rise to disputes and debates among various quarters, either for or against the motion. The Islamic society in Malaysia seems to be in a dilemma when it comes to taking a firm stand on this matter. This study intends to discuss and display the facts concerning religious pluralistic beliefs while explaining its danger towards the value of religiosity in Malaysia. The methodology used will be library research and hermeneutic methods. This study concludes that this belief can confuse the beliefs of the muslims and distance them from the true practices of Islam. This situation demands that all quarters must play a role in controlling the spread of religious pluralistic beliefs within the society.

Religious Loyalty and Acceptance of Corruption

This study aims to investigate the relationship between the religiously-induced internalized values of individuals and their specific attitudes regarding accepting corruption. Based on the premises of the New Institutional Economics, we propose that individual level institutions with regard to corruption and religion are associated given the societal institutional context. We use data collected by the World Values Survey on 139,826 individuals in 78 countries with 979 regions surveyed in 13 different years. Our results show that although there is a positive and statistically significant effect of religiosity on the acceptance of corruption on the individual level, such effect is small in magnitude. We find that there is a threshold value of religiosity below which religiosity does not lesser but rather augment acceptance of corruption. Our interpretation for this result is simple; individuals with very low religiosity are generally less bounded by religious norms. Thus, religious norms that are opposed to corruption are also less binding, resulting in a higher propensity of them accepting corruption. Religiosity does lower acceptance of corruption only when it exceeds a certain level of religiosity for a specific individual. We also find that the effect of religiosity on acceptance of corruption does not systematically diverge between individuals of different religious denominations. As for the societal level, our results show that the more accepted corruption is at the societal level, the less of a mitigating effect religiosity has on individual acceptance of corruption.

An exploratory investigation of the consumer religious commitment and its influence on store loyalty and consumer complaint intentions

PurposePast consumer behavior researchers contend that there is a significant relationship between a consumer's religious affiliation and a number of consumption related variables. Based on Worthington et al.'s multi‐dimensional approach this paper aims to examine the concept of consumer religious commitment in the marketing domain.Design/methodology/approachUsing cross‐sectional data of 425 respondents this research examines the outcomes of the direct influence of consumer religious commitment on two outcomes, namely, store loyalty and complaint intentions.FindingsResults of the study indicate that consumer religious commitment significantly influences store loyalty and complaint intentions.Originality/valueThe paper offers prescriptive insights for managers, who may see potential value of consumer religiosity as a market segmentation tool.

Threat Perceptions and Feelings as Predictors of Jewish-Israeli Support for Compromise with Palestinians

A representative sample of Israeli Jews (N = 504) completed a survey assessing attitudes towards compromise in the Israeli—Palestinian conflict. Support for compromise was well predicted (R = .63) by a combination of four scales: perception of collective threat from Palestinians, perception of zero-sum relations between Palestinians and Israelis, personal fear of Palestinians, and sympathy towards Palestinians. Feelings of hostility towards Palestinians did not make an independent contribution to this prediction. As hypothesized, respondents who perceived high collective threat and zero-sum relations were much less supportive of making concessions to Palestinians. However, respondents who indicated feeling personal fear were in regression analysis slightly more supportive of compromise. Sympathy toward Palestinians was associated with more support for compromise. Additionally, religiosity was strongly associated with decreased support for compromise. However, entering threat perceptions and sympathy into the equation substantially reduced the predictive value of religiosity, indicating that psychological mechanisms underlie, at least in part, the tendency of more religious respondents to show less support for making concessions to Palestinians.

Sentimentos em relação à política à luz dos valores e do preconceito social

Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar os efeitos dos valores e do preconceito social nas atitudes políticas a partir de uma perspectiva psicossociológica. Os valores são estudados em função de quatro indicadores: valores materialistas, pós-materialistas, religiosos e hedonistas; o preconceito social é abordado através da orientação à dominância social; as atitudes políticas são estudadas em duas dimensões: credibilidade nas instituições políticas e favorabilidade aos políticos. Participaram deste estudo 205 estudantes universitários de João Pessoa. Os resultados apresentam relações parciais entre estas variáveis, com a igualdade social (inverso da dominância), a valorização da religiosidade e dos valores materialistas predizendo as atitudes políticas.

Religiosity and Social Values of the Cypriots

The authors explore some of the social values and religiosity of the separated Turkish and Greek speaking communities in Cyprus in light of the European Union's objectives of unifying the island, and promoting the social value of tolerance. They find that the two communities are more similar to each other in religiosity than they are to most other European states, but are more similar in formal and personal religiosity to their opposite mainland counterparts. Religion, education, age and political orientation are major indicators of intolerance. The effects of religion, personal and formal religiosity and political orientation are reversed or mediated by the community, providing insight for European Union and Cypriot policy-makers.

Figured Lifeworlds and Depositional Practices at Çatalhöyük

The corpus of figurines from Çatalhöyük has attracted the attention of diverse audiences but there has been an overwhelming focus on a selection of female figurines, many of which lack exact provenience. Excavation from 1961 to 1965 yielded more mundane examples classifiable as anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and abbreviated forms. New work attempts to balance the picture through various methods and strategies. The research presented here collates the artefacts from these early seasons with those retrieved from 1993 to 2006 to gain a fuller understanding of figurine practice. The figurines almost exclusively represent secondary deposition. We can now assess the number and type of figurines deposited in buildings, middens, burials and elsewhere. Reassessment of the entire corpus has prompted interrogation of the category of ‘figurine’ and reconsideration of the taxonomies along with other artefacts and image production at Çatalhöyük. Depositional practices at the site suggest processes of mobility and circulation that have rarely been considered in studies of figurines. Typical ‘representational’ or aesthetic approaches imply that the figurines were a special category with particular values of religiosity and gender; but attention to the archaeological context can imply meaning from the material practices within which ‘figurines’ were enmeshed.

Religiosity and forgiveness among first-married and remarried adults

The current study examined the relationship between religiosity and forgiveness among first-married and remarried adults. Seven hundred and eighty-seven married adults from the Flanders region in Belgium completed the Enright Forgiveness Inventory and a four-item Religiosity Scale measuring forgiveness and religiosity, respectively. The results indicated that religiosity positively correlated (p = 0.0001, r = 0.15) with forgiveness. There was a significant difference between the religiosity of the first-married and the remarried adults (p = 0.0001 (two-tailed) d = 0.61). In an analysis by gender, the women showed a statistically significantly higher religiosity than did men (p = 0.00005 (one-tailed) d = 0.28). Among the demographic variables, age (r = 0.26), number of children (r = 0.35), and number of years in marriage (r = 0.34) showed a statistically significant (p = 0.0001) positive correlation with religiosity. The basic purpose of this study was to inform clinicians of the value of forgiveness and religiosity in therapeutic interventions.

How forgiveness, purpose, and religiosity are related to the mental health and well-being of youth: A review of the literature

Youth today often face challenges that can undermine important opportunities to achieve their full potential in school, in the workplace, in relationships, and within themselves. This article reviews the literature addressing certain personal qualities that have shown promise in the promotion of youth resilience against such threats. More specifically, the values of forgiveness, purpose, and religiosity are considered. The purpose of this literature review is to bring attention to the promise that this body of research has shown and to encourage the continued empirical study of forgiveness, purpose, and religiosity, particularly within the realm of youth mental health and well-being. First, operational definitions of these constructs are discussed. This is followed by discussion of theoretical, clinical, and empirical support for the benefits of strongly upholding values related to forgiveness, purpose, and religiosity during youth. Finally, practical implications and directions for future research are offered.

The intrinsic value of nature and moral education

Many environmental, humane and character educators try to foster a belief in the intrinsic value of nature and a respect for non‐human life among students. Marangudakis argues that Christianity advocates anthropocentrism and opposes belief in the intrinsic value of nature. If Marangudakis is correct, then a goal of many environmental and humane educators may conflict with some of their students' religious beliefs and training. Fears of conflicting students' religious beliefs may deter environmental and humane educators from teaching students to respect non‐human life and nature. In this study, the relationships between anthropocentrism, belief in the intrinsic value of nature and Christian religiosity were explored. The results fail to support Marangudakis' argument; Christian students are no more or less likely to believe in the intrinsic value of nature or advocate anthropocentrism than non‐religious students. Humane and environmental educators should continue to instruct their students to respect life and nature.

Religiosity and Family Values: Correlates of God-Image in a Protestant Sample

Religiosity is a multidimensional variable that can be measured in a number of ways, including religious behavior and conscious belief. Several studies have used measures of participants' images of God to operationalize the preconscious imagery that is theorized to be associated with the latter. A. Greeley, using General Social Survey (GSS) data, has examined the relationship between God-image and numerous social attitude variables. In a similar vein, the present study asks how measures of religiosity associate with progressive or traditional stances toward family life. Secondary analysis was performed on a dataset which included measures of God-image, religious behavior, family progressivism, and family traditionalism that were administered to a national sample of 523 Protestant Christians. The findings indicate that God-image and religious behavior are both significantly associated with the family values measures, and are relatively independent of each other. There is some question, however, as to the relative utility of each of the four God-image items. Implications for further research are discussed.

Exploring the role of religiosity in hypertension management among African Americans.

The role of religiosity in hypertension management among African Americans was studied. Data were collected from in-depth, personal interviews with 20 African Americans who had been diagnosed with hypertension for at least one year. A majority of the participants used their religious beliefs as protective, control, and coping mechanisms in the management of hypertension. Their personal religious commitment enabled them to feel protected from immediate and long-term negative consequences of hypertension, as well as find meaning in and exert control over hypertension management. Furthermore, religious beliefs served to enhance their ability to cope with having hypertension. These findings support the utility and value of religiosity in the management of hypertension among African Americans. Implications for hypertension management and educational interventions are offered.

Family Socialization and the Adolescent: Determinants of Self-Concept, Conformity, Religiosity, and Counterculture Values.

Family Socialization and the Adolescent: Determinants of Self-Concept, Conformity, Religiosity, and Counterculture Values.