Leaps of faith: the role of religious development in recovering integrity among Jewish alcoholics and drug addicts |
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| Authors: | Charles D. Blakeney Ronnie F. Blakeney K. Helmut Reich |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Fribourg , Switzerland;2. Beit T'shuvah Synagogue and Recovery Center , California, USA Ronnie.Blakeney@unifr.ch;4. Beit T'shuvah Synagogue and Recovery Center , California, USA;5. University of Fribourg , Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | In the present study we investigated the association between religiosity and schizotypy in teenagers. The Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity (Francis &; Stubbs, 1987) and the Multidimensional Schizotypal Traits Questionnaire (Rawlings &; MacFarlane 1994) were completed by 492 school pupils ranging in age from 13 to 18. It was found that higher scores on the Francis scale were associated with higher scores on the perceptual aberration subscale and lower scores on the impulsive nonconformity and magical ideation subscales. However, when the analysis was repeated for girls and boys separately we found that the association with magical ideation was unique to boys and the association with impulsive nonconformity was unique to girls. Certain associations seem to be sex specific. Also, although our data suggest that in some respects religiosity might be an index of psychosis proneness, in other respects it would seem that religiosity is associated with psychological well-being. |
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