Religious Self-Designating Behaviors

A theoretical and empirical problem of continuing attention is that of the origins and presentations of self, selfing behaviors, or self-designating behaviors. Research is reported examining the origins and presentations of religious self-designations given by a national sample of the United States...

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1. VerfasserIn: McPhail, Clark 1936- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell [1972]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Jahr: 1972, Band: 11, Heft: 3, Seiten: 262-270
weitere Schlagwörter:B Religious Practices
B Attitude scales
B Religious Behavior
B Operational terms
B Behavior modeling
B Mathematical minima
B Self
B Spiritual belief systems
B Behaviorism
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Zusammenfassung:A theoretical and empirical problem of continuing attention is that of the origins and presentations of self, selfing behaviors, or self-designating behaviors. Research is reported examining the origins and presentations of religious self-designations given by a national sample of the United States adult population. Twenty-seven percent of the sample responded to the question "Who Am I?" with religious self-designations. Three interpretations of self-designations are examined: reference group theory; attitude theory; and a derivation of Mead's social behaviorism theory. Respondents' self-selected "most important groups," "religious beliefs," and "religious activity participation" are examined for association with self-designations. Moderate support is provided for the social behaviorism account of the origins and presentations of religious self-designations.
ISSN:1468-5906
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1384550