ERIC Number: EJ966582
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Publication Date: 2006-Mar
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Christian Religiosity, Self-Control and Social Conformity
Welch, Michael R.; Tittle, Charles R.; Grasmick, Harold G.
Social Forces, v84 n3 p1605-1623 Mar 2006
Survey data from a southwestern metropolitan area are used to analyze whether the ability of personal Christian religiosity to predict social conformity is spuriously due to self-control. Results indicate that both personal religiosity and self-control display statistically significant, independent negative net relationships with many forms of projected misbehavior. And interaction between self-control and religiosity in predicting deviance appears to be limited. Thus, self-control does not seem to account for the effects of religiosity, leaving the issue of how and why religiosity leads to conformity unresolved.
Descriptors: Social Behavior, Metropolitan Areas, Religious Factors, Christianity, Surveys, Religion, Prediction, Self Control, Behavior Problems, Correlation, Behavior Standards
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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