Author Date

2023-03-13

Degree Name

BS

Department

Psychology

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Defense Date

2023-03-10

Publication Date

2023-03-13

First Faculty Advisor

Timothy Smith

First Faculty Reader

Lynn Eyestone

Honors Coordinator

Bruce Brown

Keywords

religion, psychology, stigmatization, experiment, priming study

Abstract

After a review of the relevant literature on God image and interpersonal judgment theories and research, a priming study was used to analyze the relationship between God image and judgment of people with severe mental illness. Participants made judgments of a video presentation of a man with schizophrenia either before or after being given a questionnaire about their God image. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) analysis showed no statistically significant differences between those who were primed to reflect on their God image before making the judgment and those who were not, although the small effect size (d = -0.30) indicated slightly more severe judgments of the man by those who were primed. A regression analysis showed that more positive God image predicted less severe judgments, although statistical power was an issue for both analyses. Implications and potential future research are discussed.

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