Poster Title
P-50 Religiosity, National Circumstances, and Well-Being in a Strict Religion
Abstract
Across the globe, religiosity is positively related to subjective well-being (SWB) among individuals but not always nations. We replicate this pattern within a strict religion with high-cost behaviors that promote group solidarity, suggesting that in-group religious membership does not inhibit the effects of circumstances on religiosity and well-being. This project contributes to the larger Seventh-day Adventist Global Church Member Survey project by defining geographical regions of interest and creating a process for linking those regions to existing cultural indicators. We also report a new reliable multidimensional cross-cultural measure of Adventist religiosity as part of this project.
Start Date
2-28-2020 2:30 PM
P-50 Religiosity, National Circumstances, and Well-Being in a Strict Religion
Across the globe, religiosity is positively related to subjective well-being (SWB) among individuals but not always nations. We replicate this pattern within a strict religion with high-cost behaviors that promote group solidarity, suggesting that in-group religious membership does not inhibit the effects of circumstances on religiosity and well-being. This project contributes to the larger Seventh-day Adventist Global Church Member Survey project by defining geographical regions of interest and creating a process for linking those regions to existing cultural indicators. We also report a new reliable multidimensional cross-cultural measure of Adventist religiosity as part of this project.
Acknowledgments
Undergraduate Research Scholar
Mentor: Karl G. D. Bailey, Behavioral Sciences