The mediating role of values between personality and religiosity

Abstract

The aim of this work was to examine the relationships between Eysenck’s personality traits (psychoticism, extraversion and neuroticism), Schwartz’s values, and religiosity. To this purpose a sample of Italian teenagers (N = 343; mean age 15.43, SD = 1.023) were asked to fill out a battery of questionnaires and, a structural equation model was tested, where the mediating role of Schwartz’s values between personality traits, and religiosity was accurately analysed. Results showed that all personality traits considered had relevant direct and/or indirect effects on religious experience, mediated by values.

Keywords:

• Schwartz’s values
• Eysenck’s personality traits
• SEM

Notes

1. The difference in the χ² constraining and freeing correlations between extraversion and openness, and intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity were, respectively: Δχ² (1) = 59.85, p = .000; Δχ² (1) = 241.10, p = .000.