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| Title |
Divergent Effects of Beliefs in Heaven and Hell on National Crime Rates
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0039048 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Azim F. Shariff, Mijke Rhemtulla |
| Abstract |
Though religion has been shown to have generally positive effects on normative 'prosocial' behavior, recent laboratory research suggests that these effects may be driven primarily by supernatural punishment. Supernatural benevolence, on the other hand, may actually be associated with less prosocial behavior. Here, we investigate these effects at the societal level, showing that the proportion of people who believe in hell negatively predicts national crime rates whereas belief in heaven predicts higher crime rates. These effects remain after accounting for a host of covariates, and ultimately prove stronger predictors of national crime rates than economic variables such as GDP and income inequality. Expanding on laboratory research on religious prosociality, this is the first study to tie religious beliefs to large-scale cross-national trends in pro- and anti-social behavior. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 261 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 30 | 11% |
| United States | 27 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 6% |
| Turkey | 7 | 3% |
| Canada | 6 | 2% |
| Chile | 4 | 2% |
| Sweden | 4 | 2% |
| Australia | 4 | 2% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 39 | 15% |
| Unknown | 120 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 216 | 83% |
| Scientists | 31 | 12% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 10 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 168 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 7 | 4% |
| Unknown | 146 | 87% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 37 | 22% |
| Researcher | 26 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 10% |
| Professor | 15 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 9% |
| Other | 43 | 26% |
| Unknown | 16 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 58 | 35% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 20 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 19 | 11% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 11 | 7% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 31 | 18% |
| Unknown | 19 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 354. 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 01 May 2024.
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#93,707
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#1,525
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#387
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#18
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