Disentangling the belief in God and cognitive rigidity/flexibility components of religiosity to predict racial and value-violating prejudice: A Post-Critical Belief Scale analysis

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 389-395

  Shen, Megan Johnson ^a   Yelderman, Logan A ^b   Haggard, Megan C ^c   Rowatt, Wade C ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Belief in God; Cognitive rigidity flexibility; Post critical beliefs; Prejudice; Religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870248589     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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