Keywords

religion, devotion, personality, Pearson correlation, religious bias

Abstract

Measures of religious devoutness, impression management, and personality adjustment were administered to 178 undergraduate students. Pearson correlations were computed. Greater devoutness (intrinsic religiousness) was associated with more religious and existential well-being, self-control, and social desirability, and with less self-monitoring. Consistent with previous research, the weak positive relation between religious devoutness and social desirability did not generalize to other impression management measures. Evidence which suggests that the relation between religious devoutness and social desirability may be an artifact of religious bias was discussed.

Original Publication Citation

Richards, P.S. (1994). Religious devoutness and impression management in college students. Journal of Research in Personality, 28, 14-26.