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The Psychology of Gender Differences in Religion: A Review of Empirical Research
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This paper presents, discusses and evaluates empirical studies concerned with gender differences in religion. Within the psychology of religion two main groups of theories have been advanced to account for gender differences in religiosity. The first group of theories concentrates on social or contextual influences which shape different responses to religion among men and women. This group may be divided into two categories: gender role socialisation theories and structural location theories. The second group of theories concentrates on personal or individual psychological characteristics which differentiate between men and women. This group may be divided into three categories: depth psychology theories, personality theories and gender orientation theories. It is concluded that gender orientation theories provide the most fruitful source for further research.
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- Authors
- Francis, L. J.
- Venue
- Religion
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1997-01
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 81-96
- ISSN
- 0048-721X (ISSN-L)
- 1096-1151
- OpenAlex
- W1994148921
- Cited by
- 268
- References
- 78
- FWCI
- 3.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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