Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
10-2021
Abstract
While there has been considerable research on the link between religiosity and self-regulation, the directionalityof both constructs remains equivocal. Moreover, little is known regarding the association between religiosity andperformance-based measures of self-regulatory abilities, given that past studies have predominantly examinedself-regulatory traits via self-reports. Drawing from a 9-year longitudinal dataset (Time 1: n = 4836; Time 2: n =3467), cross-sectional findings indicated that religious identification was positively and negatively correlatedwith self-regulatory traits and abilities, respectively. Longitudinal findings revealed that self-regulatory abilitiespredicted negative changes in religious identification, and this effect strengthened from middle to late adulthood.No longitudinal relations between religious identification and self-regulatory traits were found. Our findingshighlight the differential associations of religious identification with self-regulatory traits and abilities, and howthese associations are modulated by advancing adulthood.
Keywords
Religion, self-regulation, traits, abilities
Discipline
Religion | Social Psychology
Publication
Journal of Research in Personality
Volume
94
First Page
1
Last Page
9
ISSN
0092-6566
Identifier
10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104143
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
TOH, Wei Xing, TAN, Terri Su-May, & KEH, Jun Sheng.(2021). Lead us not into temptation: Differential associations of religious identification with self-regulatory traits and abilities. Journal of Research in Personality, 94, 1-9.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4463
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Authors
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2021.104143