Religiosity Decline in Europe: Age, Generation, and the Mediating Role of Shifting Human Values.
Age
Generations
Human values
Religiosity
Journal
Journal of religion and health
ISSN: 1573-6571
Titre abrégé: J Relig Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 2985199R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
23 Sep 2022
23 Sep 2022
Historique:
accepted:
22
08
2022
entrez:
23
9
2022
pubmed:
24
9
2022
medline:
24
9
2022
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Despite the fact that age is associated with higher religiosity, the aging European population has experienced a noticeable religiosity decline over recent decades. This study aimed to explain this paradox and to link it to an intergenerational shift in the pattern of values (as conceptualized by Shalom Schwartz). We conducted extended mediation analyses on the relationships between generational affiliation and the level of personal religiosity via human values in two studies (European Social Survey round 7, N = 29,775; and European Social Survey rounds 1-9, N = 224,314). Our results confirm a pronounced trend of religiosity decline and explain this process by changes in personal values. In particular, Europe's generational increase in openness to change values explains religiosity decline above and beyond the effect of people's developmental age. We conclude that the perspective of human values provides a significant rationale for further research on religiosity, in relation to both past and future generations of Europeans.
Identifiants
pubmed: 36149612
doi: 10.1007/s10943-022-01670-x
pii: 10.1007/s10943-022-01670-x
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : National Science Centre (PL)
ID : 2017/26/D/HS6/00439
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© 2022. The Author(s).
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