Exploring the Relationship between Schizotypal Personality Traits and Religious Attitude in an International Muslim Sample

Authors: Johnstone, Jennifer¹; Tiliopoulos, Niko²

Source: Archive for the Psychology of Religion / Archiv für Religionspychologie, Volume 30, Number 1, 2008 , pp. 241-253(13)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

The study explored the nature of the relationship between schizotypal personality traits and attitude of Muslims towards their faith. A total of 114 adult Muslims from eighteen countries responded to the Sahin-Francis scale of Attitude towards Islam, the Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire Brief, the short version of the Eysenck Lie scale, and a number of external indicators and religious practices. Attitude towards Islam, frequency of prayer and Mosque attendance had a relatively strong positive relationship with each other, while these religious characteristics exhibited a weak negative relationship with schizotypal traits. Age and social desirability did not seriously affect the religiosity-schizotypy relation, while a moderating effect of gender was identified. These findings suggest the presence of both underlying cross-faith elements and potential faith-specific behaviours in the relationship between religiosity and schizotypy.

Keywords: SCHIZOTYPY; SPQ-B; ATTITUDE; ISLAM; RELIGIOSITY

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157361208X317222

Affiliations: 1: Department of Psychology, University of Ulster, Londonderry, BT48 7JL, UK 2: School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;, Email: ntiliopoulos@usyd.edu.au

Publication date: 2008-08-01