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Examining the Relationship between Religiosity and Delay-of-Gratification: Differentiating between Organizational and Personal Religiosity

CARLITZ, ADAM
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1536158517423864

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2018, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Experimental Psychology (Arts and Sciences).
Religiosity is positively related to self-regulation, though more research is needed to understand the nature of this relationship. For example, relatively few studies have examined the link between religiosity and delay-of-gratification (i.e., resisting immediate temptation in favor of some objectively larger, delayed reward). Most of the limited research on this topic has conceptualized and operationalized religiosity as though it were a unidimensional construct. We review literature that, instead, suggests religiosity be treated as a two-dimensional construct – consisting of organizational (i.e., religious practice/community) and personal religiosity (i.e., religious belief) dimensions. Personal religiosity elements are more strongly associated with asceticism than are organizational religiosity elements. Therefore, we hypothesized that personal religiosity would lead to greater delay-of-gratification than would organizational religiosity. Furthermore, we hypothesized that cognitive construal level, rational-experiential processing, and/or deontological thinking would mediate this effect. Consistent with the former hypothesis, experimental results indicated that activating personal, but not organizational, religiosity concepts increased delay-of-gratification. We did not find support for the latter hypothesis. We discuss the implications of these findings and future research directions.
Kimberly Rios, PhD (Advisor)
Ronaldo Vigo, PhD (Advisor)
Keith Markman, PhD (Committee Member)
95 p.
Cognitive Psychology; Psychology; Religion; Social Psychology; Social Research
Religiosity; Delay Discounting; Temporal Discounting; Religion; Delay-of-Gratification; Self-Regulation; Organizational Religiosity; Personal Religiosity; Faith; Belief; God; Religious Practice; Institutional Religiosity; Interpersonal; Intrapersonal

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  • CARLITZ, A. (2018). Examining the Relationship between Religiosity and Delay-of-Gratification: Differentiating between Organizational and Personal Religiosity [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1536158517423864

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • CARLITZ, ADAM. Examining the Relationship between Religiosity and Delay-of-Gratification: Differentiating between Organizational and Personal Religiosity. 2018. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1536158517423864.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • CARLITZ, ADAM. "Examining the Relationship between Religiosity and Delay-of-Gratification: Differentiating between Organizational and Personal Religiosity." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1536158517423864

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