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Genetic and Environmental Influences on Religious Interests, Attitudes, and Values: A Study of Twins Reared Apart and Together

Waller, Niels G., Kojetin, Brian A., Bouchard, Thomas J., Lykken, David T., Tellegen, Auke·1990·Psychological Science
DOI 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1990.tb00083.x
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The role of genetic and environmental factors in the expression of religious interests, attitudes, and values was examined using data from adult twins reared apart and adult twins reared together. The Religious Values scale of the Allport-Vernon-Lindzey Study of Values, a Religious Interest scale from the Strong Campbell Interest Inventory, the Wiggins Religious Fundamentalism scale from the MMPI, a Leisure Time Religious Interest scale, and a second measure of Occupational Religious Interest were administered to 53 identical and 31 fraternal twin pairs who had been reared apart. The Leisure Time Religious Interest Scale and the second measure of Occupational Religious Interest were also administered to 458 identical and 363 fraternal twin pairs who had been reared together. Biometric model fitting indicated that approximately 50% of the observed variance of all five measures is genetically influenced.

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  • Biological and ethological universals affect significantly the construction and execution of certain cultural practices.

    “What is more, these biological and ultimately ethological universals affect significantly the construction and execution of certain cultural practices, a phenomenon some refer to as”

    From Disgusting Bodies, Disgusting Religion: The Biology of Tantra (2011) · cites this paper as Waller et al. 1990

  • Highly heritable individual-level traits (such as religiosity) may be more strongly influenced by genetic mechanisms, whereas societal outcomes such as democratization and the strength of family ties may be more strongly influenced by cultural transmission.

    “Highly heritable individual-level traits (such as religiosity; Waller et al. 1990) may be more strongly influenced by genetic mechanisms, whereas societal outcomes such as democratization and the strength of family ties may be more strongly influenced by cultural transmission.”

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Waller, N. G., Kojetin, B. A., Bouchard, T. J., Lykken, D. T., & Tellegen, A.
Affiliations
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Venue
Psychological Science
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1990-03
Volume
1
Issue
2
Pages
138-142
ISSN
  • 0956-7976 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-9280
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-9280.1990.tb00083.x
OpenAlex
W2095736483
Cited by
269
References
0
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FWCI
12.50
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
Psychological Science (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
Keywords
religious interest, religious attitudes, religious values, religious fundamentalism, heritability, genetic factors, environmental influences, twins reared apart, monozygotic twins, dizygotic twins

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