Obsessional beliefs, religious beliefs, and scrupulosity among fundamental Protestant Christians
2013
Abstract While there has been substantial speculation about the relationship between
scrupulosityand religion in the literature, few studies have directly examined this topic in non-clinical religious communities. The purpose of the present study is to examine obsessional beliefs,
scrupulosity, and
religious beliefsin a relatively large, homogeneous sample of
fundamental
Protestant Christians. In addition, this study included validated measures of religious commitment, level of religious
fundamentalism, and degree of spiritual well-being. Results support the hypotheses that
scrupulositywould be positively correlated with obsessional beliefs and negatively correlated with religious commitment and spiritual well-being. However, contrary to expectations, religious
fundamentalismwas not significantly related to
scrupulosity. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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