ABSTRACT

Based on the premise that psychologists of religion and spirituality tend to define our objects of interest only on our own terms and not on the terms of the people we study, it is suggested that we need to be more intellectually humble in our work. The empirical study of intellectual humility is provided as a case in point. Recent research by the author and his colleagues provide evidence that research findings showing that religious people are less intellectually humble than non-religious people may be a function of how intellectual humility is being measured. When theistic humility is accounted for in the measure of intellectual humility, religious people not only demonstrate intellectual humility, but such humility predicts well-being. Implications and recommendations for the study of religiousness and spirituality are provided.

摘要

基于宗教和灵性心理学家倾向于仅根据我们自己的条件而不是我们所研究的人的条件来定义我们感兴趣的对象的前提，建议我们在工作中需要在智力上更加谦虚。对智力谦逊的实证研究就是一个很好的例子。作者及其同事最近的研究提供的证据表明，研究结果表明，宗教人士在智力上不如非宗教人士谦逊，这可能是衡量智力谦逊程度的函数。当有神论的谦逊被纳入智力谦逊的衡量标准时，宗教人士不仅表现出智力谦逊，而且这种谦逊预示着幸福。提供了对宗教和灵性研究的影响和建议。