Anxiety and Ritual Behavior: Testing the Relationship between Anxiety and Predictable Behavioral Patterns

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Anxiety and Ritual Behavior: Testing the Relationship between Anxiety and Predictable Behavioral Patterns

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Ethnographers have long noted that rituals often occur during times of stress and anxiety such as wars, gambling, or sports. Since Malinowski’s seminal work in Trobriand Islands, it has been also argued that rituals may help reduce anxiety. Furthermore, in a parallel line of research, several scholars noted that these rituals have ‘obvious features’ that can be observed across various cultures. Such characteristics include redundancy, repetitiveness, and rigidity on various behavioral levels. Assuming that ritual is a natural response to anxiogenic situations, it could be hypothesized that induced anxiety should trigger ritual-like behavior. However, to date, this hypothesis lacks substantial empirical support. Together with a team of co-authors, we designed a study that manipulated anxiety and used motion-capture technology to quantify various characteristics of hand movements. We found that induced anxiety led to an increase in repetitiveness and rigidity, but not redundancy.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Anxiety and Ritual Behavior: Testing the Relationship between Anxiety and Predictable Behavioral Patterns

Popis výsledku anglicky

Ethnographers have long noted that rituals often occur during times of stress and anxiety such as wars, gambling, or sports. Since Malinowski’s seminal work in Trobriand Islands, it has been also argued that rituals may help reduce anxiety. Furthermore, in a parallel line of research, several scholars noted that these rituals have ‘obvious features’ that can be observed across various cultures. Such characteristics include redundancy, repetitiveness, and rigidity on various behavioral levels. Assuming that ritual is a natural response to anxiogenic situations, it could be hypothesized that induced anxiety should trigger ritual-like behavior. However, to date, this hypothesis lacks substantial empirical support. Together with a team of co-authors, we designed a study that manipulated anxiety and used motion-capture technology to quantify various characteristics of hand movements. We found that induced anxiety led to an increase in repetitiveness and rigidity, but not redundancy.

Druh

O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

AA - Filosofie a náboženství

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EE2.3.20.0048" target="_blank" >EE2.3.20.0048: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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