Religiosity and prejudice: different patterns for two types of religious internalization.
The literature on the relationship between religiosity and prejudice has shown inconsistent findings. We argue that it is necessary to distinguish between different types of religiosity and that its relationship with prejudice is mediated by different values. Results of two studies conducted in Italy show that identified religiosity and introjected religiosity predict different levels of prejudice toward Muslim immigrants. Moreover, the negative relationship between identified religiosity and prejudice was mediated by prosocial values, whereas valuing conformity mediated the positive relationship between introjected religiosity and prejudice. The results show that it is possible to better understand the relationship between religiosity and prejudice by disentangling the different ways of being religious.
Catholic University of Milan, Department of Psychology, L.go Gemelli, 1, Milan 20123, Italy. maria.brambilla@unicatt.it
Maria
M
Brambilla
Claudia
C
Manzi
Camillo
C
Regalia
Maykel
M
Verkuyten
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002410:Catholicism / Q000523:psychology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012938:Social Perception; D012945:Social Values; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult