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Unique contributions of religious and science beliefs on meaning systems in a nationally representative American sample.

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Title: Unique contributions of religious and science beliefs on meaning systems in a nationally representative American sample.
Authors: Park, Crystal L. (AUTHOR), Burke, Jeffrey D. (AUTHOR), David, Adam B. (AUTHOR)
Source: International Journal of Psychology. Apr2024, Vol. 59 Issue 2, p312-321. 10p.
Subjects: Faith, Religious groups, Individual differences, Values (Ethics), Internet surveys
Abstract: Individuals often hold beliefs in religion and in science, but how they mutually function is not well‐understood. We examined these conjoint influences by examining their relative contributions to individuals' global meaning systems. We also examined whether subgroups of participants could be identified in terms of relative influence of religious or science beliefs on their meaning systems. A nationally representative sample of 300 American adults completed online surveys. Results suggested that science beliefs and religion beliefs comprise separate but only modestly negatively correlated dimensions. Both contributed similarly to the explanation of world assumptions, but only religious beliefs generally predicted goals, values and sense of meaning in life. Latent profile analysis produced a three‐profile solution: one profile of moderate science and religious beliefs represented half the sample while the remainder split evenly between predominantly religious and predominantly science beliefs. In general, across most aspects of global meaning, the religious beliefs group was higher than the science beliefs and moderate beliefs in both groups. Results of this first systematic investigation of the separate effects of beliefs in religion and in science on meaning systems suggest that the balance of these beliefs is a potentially important individual difference warranting further investigation and elaboration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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