Values play an outsized role in the visions, critiques, and discussions of politics, religion,
education, and family life. Despite all the attention values receive in everyday discourse …

The construct of values is central to many fields in the social sciences and humanities. The
last two decades have seen a growing body of psychological research that investigates the …

Individual differences researchers very commonly report Pearson correlations between their
variables of interest. Cohen (1988) provided guidelines for the purposes of interpreting the …

Disputes between those holding differing political views are ubiquitous and deep-seated,
and they often follow common, recognizable lines. The supporters of tradition and stability …

This article provides a conceptual framework for studying the effects of religion on consumer
behavior, with the goal of stimulating future research at the intersection of these two topics …

The impact of personal values on preferences, choices, and behaviors has evoked much
interest. Relatively little is known, however, about the processes through which values …

As a social identity anchored in a system of guiding beliefs and symbols, religion ought to
serve a uniquely powerful function in shaping psychological and social processes. Religious …

Highlights•Political conservatives are more likely than liberals to:•Prioritize values of
conformity and tradition.•Desire shared reality with like-minded others.•Exaggerate within …

Throughout the world people differ in the magnitude with which they value strong family ties
or heightened religiosity. We propose that this cross-cultural variation is a result of a …

Many of the links of religiousness with health, well-being, and social behavior may be due to
religion's influences on self-control or self-regulation. Using Carver and Scheier's (1998) …