Presentation Type

Poster

Keywords

Psychology, Religion, Terror Management, Fundamentalism, Defensive Theology, Personality, Anxiety

Department

Psychology

Major

Psychology

Abstract

This study examined religious fundamentalism in a sample of 88 undergraduate students attending a private, Christian university. After completing a measure of defensive theology, participants were randomly assigned to either a mortality salience or control condition and then assessed using a religious fundamentalism measure. A moderation analysis was performed in order to test the hypothesis that defensive theology moderates the relationship between mortality salience and religious fundamentalism. Results indicated that only defensive theology significantly predicted post-manipulation fundamentalism (p

Faculty Mentor

Dr. Steve Rouse

Funding Source or Research Program

Not Identified

Location

Waves Cafeteria

Start Date

24-3-2017 2:00 PM

End Date

24-3-2017 3:00 PM

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Seeking the Shield of Faith: The Influence of Defensive Theology on the Development of Religious Fundamentalism Following Mortality Salience

Waves Cafeteria

This study examined religious fundamentalism in a sample of 88 undergraduate students attending a private, Christian university. After completing a measure of defensive theology, participants were randomly assigned to either a mortality salience or control condition and then assessed using a religious fundamentalism measure. A moderation analysis was performed in order to test the hypothesis that defensive theology moderates the relationship between mortality salience and religious fundamentalism. Results indicated that only defensive theology significantly predicted post-manipulation fundamentalism (p