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Baker, Matthew James and Robbins, Mandy (2012) American on-line atheists and psychological type. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, Vol.15 (No.10). pp. 1077-1084. doi:10.1080/13674676.2012.707433 ISSN 1367-4676.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2012.707433
Abstract
A sample of 10,627 American atheists (7763 males and 2864 females) completed the Francis Psychological-Type Scales as part of the Personality and Belief in God Survey on-line. Compared with USA population norms, both male and female atheists displayed significantly higher levels of preference for introversion, thinking, and judging. The two predominant types among female atheists were ISTJ (40.8%) and INTJ (11.7%), compared with 6.9% and 0.8% respectively in the wider population. The two predominant types among male atheists were also ISTJ (41.4%) and INTJ (14.4%), compared with 16.4% and 3.3% respectively in the wider population. These large over-representations suggest that certain psychological types are much more likely to embrace atheism than others. Additional research is needed in order to test this hypothesis further.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Mental Health, Religion & Culture | ||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
ISSN: | 1367-4676 | ||||
Official Date: | 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.15 | ||||
Number: | No.10 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1077-1084 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1080/13674676.2012.707433 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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