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uncertainty-identity account of religiousness: a standalone construct

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uncertainty-identityaccount of religiousness1 CONSTRUCTUncertainty-identityHOGG · SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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the proposal that religion attracts people under self-uncertainty because religious groups offer clear, distinctive identities, and that extreme uncertainty favors zealous groups.

In social psychology, uncertainty-identity account of religiousness refers to the proposal that religion attracts people under self-uncertainty because religious groups offer clear, distinctive identities, and that extreme uncertainty favors zealous groups. This meaning comes from Hogg (2009) in Personality and Social Psychology Review.[1]

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  1. Hogg, M. A., Adelman, J. R., & Blagg, R. D. (2009). Religion in the Face of Uncertainty: An Uncertainty-Identity Theory Account of Religiousness. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 14(1), 72-83. https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868309349692

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