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  • Sociology
  • Religious Studies

Background:

  • Longitudinal associations between personality and religiosity are established at the between-person level.
  • Previous research has not explored within-person changes in personality influencing religiosity.
  • Understanding the temporal dynamics between personality and religiosity is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate both between- and within-person associations between the Big Five personality traits and religiosity.
  • To determine if changes in personality precede changes in religiosity, or vice versa.
  • To examine the temporal relationship between personality and belief in God, service attendance, and prayer.

Main Methods:

  • Employed random intercept cross-lagged panel models (RI-CLPM).
  • Analyzed data from over 12,000 Dutch individuals across 11 annual assessments.
  • Assessed the Big Five personality traits and three aspects of religiosity.

Main Results:

  • Found significant between-person associations between all Big Five traits and religiosity.
  • Identified within-person associations only between agreeableness and extraversion with belief in God.
  • Observed bidirectional within-person effects between agreeableness, extraversion, and belief in God.

Conclusions:

  • The primary associations between personality and religiosity manifest at the between-person level.
  • Within-person effects exist for agreeableness, extraversion, and belief in God, highlighting the importance of intraindividual analysis.
  • Gender, religious upbringing, and affiliation moderate these associations.