Descriptions of religious experience using trait and affect adjectives

Michael E. Nielsen

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Descriptions of religious experience using trait and affect adjectives

Michael E. Nielsen

Psychology

Georgia Southern University

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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 language	English
Pages (from-to)	308-310
Number of pages	3
Journal	Psychological Reports
Volume	86
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2000.86.1.308
State	Published - Feb 1 2000

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