TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognitive motivation and religious orientation
AU - Barrett, Daniel W.
AU - Patock-Peckham, Julie
AU - Hutchinson, Geoffrey T.
AU - Nagoshi, Craig T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was partially supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to the first author and by an NRSA training grant, NIMH/5T32MH18387 to Arizona State University. We would like to thank Chris Ingle, Kimberly Mount, Erin Echols, Larissa Rzemienski, Michelle Balhorn, Katrina Helm, and Amanda Peabody for their assistance with the collection of these data. Portions of this research were presented at the 109th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
PY - 2005/1
Y1 - 2005/1
N2 - This research investigated the hypothesis that the more circumscribed religious orientations should be systematically related to broader social-cognitive motivations tapping general needs for order, structure, consistency, and certainty. Specifically, the relationships between four cognitive motivations (Need for Cognition, Preference for Consistency, Personal Need for Structure, and Personal Fear of Invalidity) and the Means (extrinsic), End (intrinsic), and Quest orientations were examined. Five hundred and twenty seven undergraduates completed questionnaires assessing each of these constructs. A path model tested with structural equation modeling demonstrated good support for the influence of general cognitive motivations on the more specific religious motivations. Key findings include: Need for Cognition and internal Preference for Consistency positively influenced Quest orientation; Need for Cognition directly and Personal Need for Structure indirectly correlated with Means orientation; public Preference for Consistency positively and internal Preference for Consistency negatively predicted Means orientation.
AB - This research investigated the hypothesis that the more circumscribed religious orientations should be systematically related to broader social-cognitive motivations tapping general needs for order, structure, consistency, and certainty. Specifically, the relationships between four cognitive motivations (Need for Cognition, Preference for Consistency, Personal Need for Structure, and Personal Fear of Invalidity) and the Means (extrinsic), End (intrinsic), and Quest orientations were examined. Five hundred and twenty seven undergraduates completed questionnaires assessing each of these constructs. A path model tested with structural equation modeling demonstrated good support for the influence of general cognitive motivations on the more specific religious motivations. Key findings include: Need for Cognition and internal Preference for Consistency positively influenced Quest orientation; Need for Cognition directly and Personal Need for Structure indirectly correlated with Means orientation; public Preference for Consistency positively and internal Preference for Consistency negatively predicted Means orientation.
KW - Motivation
KW - Religious orientation
KW - Social cognition
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2004.05.004
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2004.05.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:10144241693
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 38
SP - 461
EP - 474
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
IS - 2
ER -