Religious Polarization and Justification of Belief in Invisible Scientific versus Religious Entities
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| Title: | Religious Polarization and Justification of Belief in Invisible Scientific versus Religious Entities |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Ayse Payir (ORCID |
| Source: | Child Development. 2024 95(5):1723-1738. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 16 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Religious Factors, Conflict, Beliefs, Psychological Patterns, Barriers, Visual Environment, Confidence Testing, Children, Role of Religion, Scientific Concepts, Foreign Countries, Parents |
| Geographic Terms: | Turkey |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.14118 |
| ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
| Abstract: | Children and adults express greater confidence in the existence of invisible scientific as compared to invisible religious entities. To further examine this differential confidence, 5- to 11-year-old Turkish children and their parents (N = 174, 122 females) from various regions in Türkiye, a country with an ongoing tension between secularism and religion, were tested in 2021 for their belief in invisible entities. Participants expressed more confidence in the existence of scientific than religious entities. For scientific entities, children justified their belief primarily by elaborating on the properties of the entity, rather than referring to the testimonial source of their judgment. This pattern was reversed for religious entities, arguably, highlighting the role of polarization in shaping the testimony children typically hear. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Notes: | https://osf.io/sem3a |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1449411 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Children and adults express greater confidence in the existence of invisible scientific as compared to invisible religious entities. To further examine this differential confidence, 5- to 11-year-old Turkish children and their parents (N = 174, 122 females) from various regions in Türkiye, a country with an ongoing tension between secularism and religion, were tested in 2021 for their belief in invisible entities. Participants expressed more confidence in the existence of scientific than religious entities. For scientific entities, children justified their belief primarily by elaborating on the properties of the entity, rather than referring to the testimonial source of their judgment. This pattern was reversed for religious entities, arguably, highlighting the role of polarization in shaping the testimony children typically hear. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-3920 1467-8624 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/cdev.14118 |
