Descriptions of religious experience using trait and affect adjectives

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Abstract

66 adults rated the relevance of adjectives representing dimensions of affect and personality for describing how they felt during religious experiences. Adjectives, representing positive affect (enthusiastic, at ease), low neuroticism (calm, relaxed), and high agreeableness (soft-hearted, sympathetic), conscientiousness (conscientious, reliable), and extraversion (sociable, talkative), were rated to be descriptive of religious experiences. The failure of openness to discriminate religious experiences is consistent with Block's criticism (1995) of the five-factor model of personality.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)308-310
Number of pages3
JournalPsychological Reports
Volume86
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2000

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