Effects of religious setting on cooperative behavior : a case study from Mauritius

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F12%3A00067509" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/12:00067509 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2012.724547" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2012.724547</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2012.724547" target="_blank" >10.1080/2153599X.2012.724547</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Effects of religious setting on cooperative behavior : a case study from Mauritius

Original language description

Social scientists and folk wisdom have both claimed that there is an association between religiosity and prosocial behavior, but hard evidence for such a relationship is limited. Studies show that religiosity is correlated with self-reported prosociality; however, this relationship is not very clear when it comes to observed prosocial behaviors. Experimental studies reveal a link between religious priming and prosocial behaviors, and these effects are evident irrespective of the degree of religiosity ofthe participant. Building on and combining the strengths of previous field designs, I report on the results of a field experiment in Mauritius examining the effects of religious environments on cooperation in a naturalistic setting. These results were consistent with previous findings that religious cues increase cooperation. Importantly, this effect was not dependent on degrees of prior religiosity. Plausible interpretations of such effects are discussed.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AA - Philosophy and religion

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/EE2.3.20.0048" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0048: Laboratory for Experimental Research of Religion</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Religion, Brain & Behavior

ISSN

2153-599X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

3

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

91-102

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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