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Religiosity and obsessionality: the relationship between Freud's "religious practices"

C A Lewis1

  • 1Department of Psychology, University of Ulster at Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

The Journal of Psychology
|March 1, 1994
PubMed
Summary

This study found religiosity correlates with obsessive traits, not symptoms, suggesting religious practices and obsessive actions differ more than they are alike.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Psychiatry
  • Religious Studies

Background:

  • Sigmund Freud noted similarities between obsessive actions and religious practices as defense mechanisms against instinctual impulses.
  • Freud also highlighted key differences between neurotic obsessions and religious rituals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To empirically examine Freud's observations on the parallels and distinctions between religiosity and obsessionality.
  • To investigate the relationship between attitudes towards Christianity and obsessive traits/symptoms.

Main Methods:

  • Administered the Francis Scale of Attitudes Towards Christianity and the Sandler-Hazari Obsessionality Inventory to 139 participants.
  • Analyzed correlations between religiosity measures and scores for obsessional traits and symptoms.

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Main Results:

  • Significant positive correlations were observed between religiosity and obsessional traits in both male and female samples.
  • No significant correlation was found between religiosity and obsessional symptoms.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support a link between religiosity and obsessional traits, aligning with previous research.
  • The results suggest that the differences between religious practices and obsessive actions outweigh their similarities.
  • This study contributes to understanding the relationship between Christian attitudes and personality traits.