世界末日的信仰是常见的,多样化的,并预测人们如何感知和应对全球风险
Matthew I Billet1, Cindel J M White2, Azim Shariff1
1Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia.
Journal of personality and social psychology
|March 2, 2026
概括
对世界末日的信仰很普遍,并影响人们对存在威胁的看法. 了解这种心理学对于社会对全球风险的反应至关重要.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 风险感知研究 风险感知研究
背景情况:
- 世界末日的叙述在世界各地的文化和历史中普遍存在.
- 关于末日事件的信念可能会塑造风险感知和社会对存在威胁的反应.
- 尽管世界末日信仰具有文化意义,但对世界末日信仰的心理理解仍然有限.
研究的目的:
- 为世界末日信仰建立心理框架.
- 创建和验证各种宗教群体的世界末日信仰的措施.
- 调查世界末日信仰与对存在风险的看法之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 进行了六项试点研究 (N = 2,079) 和一项预先注册的研究 (N = 1,409).
- 开发并验证了一种衡量世界末日信仰的尺度.
- 检查了与风险感知,容忍和支持极端行动有关的五大全球风险的信念关联.
主要成果:
- 世界末日的信仰是普遍存在的,并且在心理上是可变的.
- 这些信念独特地预测了风险感知,风险容忍和支持极端行动的意愿.
- 调查结果在天主教,主流新教,福音派新教,犹太教,穆斯林和非宗教群体中一致.
结论:
- 相信启示录的叙述,无论其准确性如何,都会对人口如何感知和应对具体的生存风险产生重大影响.
- 这项研究提供了一种经过验证的衡量标准和心理框架,用于理解世界末日的信仰.
- 结果与风险感知理论和文化世界观演变相一致,提供了对当代威胁的社会反应的见解.
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