TY - JOUR
T1 - A mediational analysis of the role of right-wing authoritarianism and religious fundamentalism in the religiosity-prejudice link
AU - Johnson, Megan K.
AU - Rowatt, Wade C.
AU - Barnard-Brak, Lucy M.
AU - Patock-Peckham, Julie A.
AU - LaBouff, Jordan P.
AU - Carlisle, Robert D.
PY - 2011/4/1
Y1 - 2011/4/1
N2 - Most religions teach tolerance; however, dimensions of religiousness and prejudice are often positively related. This study examined whether rigid ideological beliefs associated with religion, such as right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and religious fundamentalism (RF), mediate relationships between general religiosity and certain prejudices. Participants completed self-report measures of RWA, RF, homosexual prejudice, and racial prejudice. State-of-the-art mediation path analysis and structural equation modeling were used to test the mediational effects of RWA and RF on the religiosity-prejudice relationship. Components of RWA and RF fully mediated the relationship between religiosity and prejudice. RF was the strongest mediator of value-violating prejudice, and RWA aggression solely mediated the relationship between religiosity and subtle racism. Cognitively rigid ideologies may be responsible for the appearance of a religiosity-prejudice relationship.
AB - Most religions teach tolerance; however, dimensions of religiousness and prejudice are often positively related. This study examined whether rigid ideological beliefs associated with religion, such as right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and religious fundamentalism (RF), mediate relationships between general religiosity and certain prejudices. Participants completed self-report measures of RWA, RF, homosexual prejudice, and racial prejudice. State-of-the-art mediation path analysis and structural equation modeling were used to test the mediational effects of RWA and RF on the religiosity-prejudice relationship. Components of RWA and RF fully mediated the relationship between religiosity and prejudice. RF was the strongest mediator of value-violating prejudice, and RWA aggression solely mediated the relationship between religiosity and subtle racism. Cognitively rigid ideologies may be responsible for the appearance of a religiosity-prejudice relationship.
KW - Prejudice/stereotyping
KW - Religiosity
KW - Religious fundamentalism
KW - Right-wing authoritarianism
KW - Structural equation modeling
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U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.010
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79951672814
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 50
SP - 851
EP - 856
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
IS - 6
ER -