Prosocial Behavior and Religion: New Evidence Based on Projective Measures and Peer Ratings

SAROGLOU, VASSILIS; PICHON, ISABELLE; TROMPETTE, LAURENCE; VERSCHUEREN, MARIJKE; DERNELLE, REBECCA

doi:10.1111/j.1468-5906.2005.00289.x

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Prosocial Behavior and Religion: New Evidence Based on Projective Measures and Peer Ratings

SAROGLOU, VASSILIS, PICHON, ISABELLE, TROMPETTE, LAURENCE, VERSCHUEREN, MARIJKE, DERNELLE, REBECCA·2005·Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

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An important discrepancy seems to exist between self-reports and laboratory studies regarding prosociality among religious people. Some have even suggested that this involves moral hypocrisy on the part of religious people. However, the assumption of the four studies reported here is that the impact of religiousness on prosociality is limited but exists, and does not reflect self-delusion. In Study 1 (N= 106), religious young adults tended not to use indirect aggression in dealing with hypothetical daily hassles. In Study 2 (N= 105), female students' religiosity was associated with willingness to help close targets in hypothetical situations but the effect was not extended to unknown targets. In Studies 3 (N= 315, 105 triads) and 4 (N= 274, 109 targets), religious targets not only reported high altruistic behavior and empathy, but were also perceived as such by peers (friends, siblings, or colleagues) in three out of four cases. Other results from the studies suggested that the prosociality of religious people is not an artifact of gender, social desirability bias, security in attachment, empathy, or honesty.

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Authors: SAROGLOU, V., PICHON, I., TROMPETTE, L., VERSCHUEREN, M., & DERNELLE, R.
Affiliations: UCLouvain (BE)
KU Leuven (BE)
Corresponding author: SAROGLOU, VASSILIS
PICHON, ISABELLE
TROMPETTE, LAURENCE
VERSCHUEREN, MARIJKE
DERNELLE, REBECCA
ORCID: SAROGLOU, VASSILIS
Venue: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2005-09
Volume: 44
Issue: 3
Pages: 323-348
ISSN: 0021-8294 (ISSN-L)
1468-5906
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2005.00289.x
OpenAlex: W2094001799
Cited by: 449
References: 90
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 41 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 24 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 24 · 2015: 27 · 2014: 31 · 2013: 31 · 2012: 19
FWCI: 5.08
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 3652 d)
Locations: Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (publishedVersion)
HAL (submittedVersion)
Digital Access to Libraries (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
Keywords: prosocial behavior, religiosity, moral hypocrisy, altruism, empathy, indirect aggression, helping behavior, peer perception, social desirability bias, attachment security, honesty, gender differences

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