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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

prejudice, clinical psychology, graduate school programs, religion

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Psychology

Abstract

Little research has been done on prejudice against people of faith. Several studies indicate that fundamental or evangelical Christians face the effects of prejudice especially in educational settings (Ressler & Hodge, 2006). In particular, two surveys of Christian social workers inquiring about their professional experience in regards to their religion, found that the respondents felt ridiculed, degraded and demeaned by their colleagues because of their beliefs (Ressler & Hodge, 2006; Ressler & Hodge, 2003). Recently, researchers have begun to explore the potential implicit prejudices towards faith and people of faith in psychology (Slife & Reber, 2009). Likewise, it has also been found that religious people are vastly underrepresented in psychological professions (Gartner, 1986). A positive relationship between antireligious prejudice and educational level has been suggested (Bolce & De Maio, 1999). In other words, as the population becomes more educated, prejudice against religious individuals increases.

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