Personality Correlates of Intrinsic, Extrinsic, and Nonreligious Orientations

Summary

Personality profiles of 158 male and female Canadian university freshmen were compared across religious orientation and religious affiliation. It was hypothesized that the profiles of extrinsically religious and nonreligious Ss would correlate significantly with each other, and that both would differ significantly from intrinsically religious Ss. Both hypotheses were supported by the data. The personality variables for which the hypotheses were supported included superego strength, emotional sensitivity, and liberalism. Differences were also found across religious affiliation for certain personality variables.