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| Title |
Scientific faith: Belief in science increases in the face of stress and existential anxiety
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| Published in |
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, November 2013
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.05.008 |
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| Authors |
Miguel Farias, Anna-Kaisa Newheiser, Guy Kahane, Zoe de Toledo |
| Abstract |
Growing evidence indicates that religious belief helps individuals to cope with stress and anxiety. But is this effect specific to supernatural beliefs, or is it a more general function of belief - including belief in science? We developed a measure of belief in science and conducted two experiments in which we manipulated stress and existential anxiety. In Experiment 1, we assessed rowers about to compete (high-stress condition) and rowers at a training session (low-stress condition). As predicted, rowers in the high-stress group reported greater belief in science. In Experiment 2, participants primed with mortality (vs. participants in a control condition) reported greater belief in science. In both experiments, belief in science was negatively correlated with religiosity. Thus, some secular individuals may use science as a form of "faith" that helps them to deal with stressful and anxiety-provoking situations. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 97 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 9% |
| New Zealand | 3 | 3% |
| Spain | 3 | 3% |
| Canada | 3 | 3% |
| Norway | 2 | 2% |
| Japan | 2 | 2% |
| Indonesia | 2 | 2% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 7 | 7% |
| Unknown | 46 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 80 | 82% |
| Scientists | 12 | 12% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 268 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 258 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 36 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 33 | 12% |
| Researcher | 32 | 12% |
| Lecturer | 18 | 7% |
| Other | 56 | 21% |
| Unknown | 39 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 131 | 49% |
| Social Sciences | 24 | 9% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 9 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 3% |
| Philosophy | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 38 | 14% |
| Unknown | 51 | 19% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 341. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 June 2023.
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