Religion can play a major role in many people's lives, but it often benefits men over women. A new study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society suggests that men are less religious in countries with higher levels of gender...
People who support Christian nationalism in the United States tend to perform worse on a test of religion's role in American history, according to new research published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
A study published last year (Perry & Whitehead, 2021) suggested that conservative Protestant men are more insecure in their sexual performance and masculinity. But new research published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion empirically tested these claims...
A new study published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion suggests that the link between religious affiliation and punitiveness in the United States is more complex than previously thought. The research found that religious affiliations, particularly the...
Poverty has a weaker impact on well-being in developing countries, and a new study suggests that national religiosity can explain this effect. The findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggest that religion helps alleviate the...
New research sheds light on why being religious is positively associated with perceiving meaning in one's life. While religiousness is associated with a sense of social significance, the findings provide evidence that what is more important is that religiousness is...
A study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology suggests that appealing to the moral elements of Buddhist teachings might encourage more people to donate blood. The researchers found that people with stronger Buddhist beliefs were more likely to say they...
Heightened religiosity is associated with reduced sexual satisfaction among committed couples, according to new research in the Journal of Family Psychology. But there is an important exception: Religious individuals who believe their sexual relationship with their partner is sacred tend...
A longitudinal study has found that religion and spirituality are not important psychosocial factors in influencing body weight, finding no association between religious or spiritual coping, religious service attendance, obesity, and weight change.
Atheists might be seen as less attractive romantic partners compared to their theist counterparts, at least among college students in the Southern United States, according to new research published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
Findings from a study published in Personality and Individual Differences revealed a small positive correlation between religiosity and life satisfaction. However, the 20-year study found no evidence of a causal relationship between the two variables — changes in a person’s...
New research provides evidence that thinking about God can stifle the creativity of believers, particularly among those who adopt a passive follower mindset after contemplating their Creator. But believers appeared to be just as creative as their faithless counterparts when...
People who grew up in a home with relatively little credible displays of faith are more likely to be atheists, according to new research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science. The study indicates that cultural transmission -- or the...
A new study from PLOS One sheds light on the way people conceptualize God by exploring the metaphors people use when asked to describe God. According to the findings, people commonly use human imagery and power-related terms to describe God,...
New research has found that some "dark" personality traits are associated with religious and paranormal belief. The study, published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology, sheds light on how different types of personalities are related to different types of supernatural...