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Area of Science:

  • Social Psychology
  • Religious Studies
  • Psychosocial Functioning

Background:

  • Intergroup favoritism, particularly religious exclusivity, lacks extensive study within social identity frameworks.
  • Understanding the relationship between religious exclusivity, belief systems, and psychosocial outcomes is limited across diverse religious backgrounds.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the association between religious exclusivity and psychosocial functioning.
  • To explore how religious exclusivity relates to self-esteem and well-being in various religious and nonreligious groups.

Main Methods:

  • A validated measure of religious exclusivity was administered to 8545 emerging-adult students across 30 U.S. universities.
  • Psychosocial functioning, self-esteem, and well-being were assessed.

Main Results:

  • Religious exclusivity was identified as a predictor of impaired psychosocial functioning.
  • Lower self-esteem and psychosocial well-being were associated with religious exclusivity in individuals from organized faiths and those identifying as nonreligious (agnostic, atheist, spiritual).

Conclusions:

  • Religious exclusivity negatively impacts psychosocial functioning, self-esteem, and well-being.
  • These findings have implications for Social Identity Theory and Terror Management Theory (TMT), highlighting the broad psychological effects of exclusive religious beliefs.