Abstract
The impact of growing up religious has not been well documented. Understanding of individuals’ relationship with religion and spirituality has been primarily focused on contemporaneous experiences. Limited by small sample sizes and anecdotal data, research has not indicated much about the impacts of levels of religiosity on functioning of individuals. Utilizing an ecological rationality framework, based within a larger systems perspective, this study will use logistical regression to infer impacts of level of religiosity during the formative years on how individuals make decisions. This study seeks to determine if decision-making tendencies can be grouped predictably into seeking approval from authority figures or God and decisions that benefit the self, based on level of religiosity at a formative age. Results of three logistic regressions to determine how reliably level of religiosity during formative years may predict decision-making yielded statistical significance, demonstrating that formative levels of religiosity have lasting impact on decision-making.
Presenters
Sarah M. FarrellStudent, PhD student, Our Lady of the Lake University, Texas, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Religious Community and Socialization
KEYWORDS
Religious Trauma, Spirituality, Religion, Trauma, Decision-Making
