ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

"God Wants You to Spread Good to Others": A Mixed-Methods Study of Moral and Religious Identity in Emerging Adults

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Social Psychology

  • Katheryn Kelley
    University of Notre Dame
  • Emily LaPorte
    University of Notre Dame
  • Blake Johnson
    University of Notre Dame, Indiana
  • Lucia Cho
    University of Notre Dame
  • Meghan Greene
    University of Notre Dame, Indiana

Abstract

This study investigated the moral and religious perspectives of students at a religious university (N=190). Participants reported their religious affiliation, moral identity, educational background, and perception of the relationship between religion and morality. Religious affiliation did not predict moral identity, but religious education predicted stronger integration of religion and morality.

Religion