Title

Religious intellectual humility, attitude change, and closeness following religious disagreement

School/Department

Rosemead School of Psychology

Publication Date

10-10-2017

Abstract

This study explored the role of intellectual humility (IH) in promoting attitude change and relationship closeness in the context of religious disagreement. Participants (N = 174) completed a preliminary survey that assessed their attitude on several contentious religious issues (e.g. gay marriage, abortion). Participants who disagreed about a contentious religious issue were then paired and engaged in a 10-min discussion. After the discussion, participants completed a series of questionnaires. The greatest degree of attitude change was seen in pairs with mutually high levels of IH, in which the participant self-reported high levels of IH and also perceived the discussion partner to have high levels of IH. Higher perceptions of the IH levels of the discussion partner predicted higher levels of closeness and trust. We discuss limitations, areas for future research, and practical implications.

Keywords

Intellectual humility;

Publication Title

The Journal of Positive Psychology

Volume

14

Issue

2

First Page

133

Last Page

140

DOI of Published Version

10.1080/17439760.2017.1388429

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