Respect for Differences, Prejudice, and Intrinsic Religious Motivation: A Quantitative Study on Theology Students
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Understanding how individuals and society perceive differences is vital for promoting coexistence. Prejudice is a major obstacle, blocking the recognition of differences and hampering connections. Religion often provides values that promote respect and moral responsibility, offering principles to counteract negative beliefs, emotions, attitudes, and behaviors. Although the literature examines respect, prejudice, and intrinsic religious motivation separately, studies that examine these factors together remain scarce. Using a cross-sectional design, this study explores the relationships among respect for differences, prejudice, and intrinsic religious motivation within a multivariate framework. Data came from 309 theology students in Türkiye, aged 18-36. I assessed hypotheses using a series of nested multiple OLS regression models. Results show that prejudice negatively predicts respect for differences, while intrinsic religious motivation is positively associated with it. However, intrinsic religious motivation does not moderate the negative effect of prejudice on respect for differences. I will discuss the theoretical implications, study limitations, and future research avenues.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Psychology of Religion, Respect for Differences, Prejudice, Intrinsic Religious Motivation, Religion, Theology Students.
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Etik Beyan
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