This study investigated the connections between religious ideology, authoritarianism, intergroup relations, and political orientation. Building from the psychological literature on religious belief, the current study sought to explore the extent of these relationships using a university sample from the American South. The Diverse Learning Environments survey was administered to undergraduate students, with 2582 responding. Variables of interest were religious belief, authoritarianism, intergroup relation views, diversity-related actions, and political views. Results suggest that while general religious orientation did not correlate positively with authoritarianism, Christians, specifically those associated with Evangelical groups, displayed greater authoritarianism than non-believers and reported fewer diversity-related interactions. While results indicated that more salient religious identity was associated with right-leaning political beliefs, an unexpected finding was that non-belief was associated with greater political involvement. These results suggest patterns of ingroup favoritism among conservative Christians which may lead to outgroup derogation and influence voting patterns.

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分析宗教取向、威权主义、跨文化互动和政治观点之间的关系

这项研究调查了宗教意识形态、威权主义、群体间关系和政治取向之间的联系。当前的研究以有关宗教信仰的心理学文献为基础，试图使用来自美国南部的大学样本来探索这些关系的程度。对本科生进行了多元化学习环境调查，有 2582 人做出了回应。感兴趣的变量是宗教信仰、威权主义、群体间关系观点、与多样性相关的行动和政治观点。结果表明，虽然一般宗教取向与威权主义没有正相关，但基督徒，特别是与福音派团体相关的基督徒，比非信徒表现出更大的威权主义，并且报告的与多样性相关的互动较少。虽然结果表明，更显着的宗教身份与右倾政治信仰有关，但一个出人意料的发现是，不信仰与更大的政治参与有关。这些结果表明保守派基督徒中的内群体偏爱模式可能导致外群体贬损并影响投票模式。