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Article: In search of the psychological antecedents and consequences of Christian conversion: A three-year prospective study

TitleIn search of the psychological antecedents and consequences of Christian conversion: A three-year prospective study
Authors
KeywordsAnxiety
Christianity
Longitudinal study
Religious conversion
Stress
Issue Date2017
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/rel/index.aspx
Citation
Psychology of Religion & Spirituality, 2017, v. 9 n. 2, p. 220-230 How to Cite?
AbstractReligious conversion is often an overwhelming experience. Although self-reports by some converts about life before and after conversion often contain vivid descriptions of the type and extent of changes, few rigorous empirical studies have documented them. This 3-year longitudinal prospective study aimed to understand the precursors of conversion, and whether this event would result in psychological changes. A logistic regression on 455 non-Christian Chinese (of whom 46 later became Christian converts) showed that neither baseline personality, personal values, social axioms, nor psychological symptoms predicted whether one would be converted during the next three years. However, people who thought that there is one and only one true religion were more likely than others to be converted. We further formed a matched sample of 92 individuals who had been Christians throughout the study, and a matched sample of 92 nonbelievers who remained so throughout the study. Comparison between measures taken at the baseline and end of the study period showed that converted people were transformed not in personality but in symptoms of stress and anxiety, as well as several personal values.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/247182
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 2.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.680
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dc.contributor.authorHui, HCC-
dc.contributor.authorCheung, SH-
dc.contributor.authorLam, J-
dc.contributor.authorLau, EYY-
dc.contributor.authorYuliawati, L-
dc.contributor.authorCheung, SF-
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-18T08:23:35Z-
dc.date.available2017-10-18T08:23:35Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationPsychology of Religion & Spirituality, 2017, v. 9 n. 2, p. 220-230-
dc.identifier.issn1941-1022-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/247182-
dc.description.abstractReligious conversion is often an overwhelming experience. Although self-reports by some converts about life before and after conversion often contain vivid descriptions of the type and extent of changes, few rigorous empirical studies have documented them. This 3-year longitudinal prospective study aimed to understand the precursors of conversion, and whether this event would result in psychological changes. A logistic regression on 455 non-Christian Chinese (of whom 46 later became Christian converts) showed that neither baseline personality, personal values, social axioms, nor psychological symptoms predicted whether one would be converted during the next three years. However, people who thought that there is one and only one true religion were more likely than others to be converted. We further formed a matched sample of 92 individuals who had been Christians throughout the study, and a matched sample of 92 nonbelievers who remained so throughout the study. Comparison between measures taken at the baseline and end of the study period showed that converted people were transformed not in personality but in symptoms of stress and anxiety, as well as several personal values.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherAmerican Psychological Association. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/rel/index.aspx-
dc.relation.ispartofPsychology of Religion & Spirituality-
dc.rightsPsychology of Religion & Spirituality. Copyright © American Psychological Association.-
dc.rightsThis article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the APA journal. It is not the copy of record.-
dc.subjectAnxiety-
dc.subjectChristianity-
dc.subjectLongitudinal study-
dc.subjectReligious conversion-
dc.subjectStress-
dc.titleIn search of the psychological antecedents and consequences of Christian conversion: A three-year prospective study-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailHui, HCC: huiharry@hkucc.hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailCheung, SH: singhang@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityHui, HCC=rp00547-
dc.identifier.authorityCheung, SH=rp00590-
dc.description.naturepostprint-
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/rel0000082-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84960343843-
dc.identifier.hkuros282245-
dc.identifier.volume9-
dc.identifier.issue2-
dc.identifier.spage220-
dc.identifier.epage230-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000401088700008-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
dc.identifier.issnl1943-1562-

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