Why Younger Catholics Seem More Committed: Survivorship Bias and/or "Creative Minority" Effects among British Catholics
Why Younger Catholics Seem More Committed: Survivorship Bias and/or "Creative Minority" Effects among British Catholics
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为什么年轻的天主教徒似乎更加忠诚：英国天主教徒中的生存偏见和/或“创造性少数”效应
DOI：
10.1111/jssr.12791
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发表时间：
2022
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Clements B
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作者：
Clements B
不同形式的承诺的规范价值和民众参与的程度在基督教宗教传统中各不相同，但研究往往表明，妇女和老年人在他们的行为和信仰中表现出更大的宗教虔诚度。使用宗教承诺的多维方法，这项研究使用了一项新的调查，以提供对英国天主教徒的深入评估。它发现，年轻的群体在承诺的某些方面表现出更大的参与，而且性别差异的证据非常有限。相对于学校教育的微弱影响，家庭宗教社会化在承诺模式中起着关键作用。这种反直觉的积极的“青年效应”中看到英国天主教徒提供了两个潜在的解释：“幸存者偏见”和“创造性的少数群体”的影响。这项研究为了解英国天主教徒如何参与他们的信仰和调解世俗化进程做出了重要贡献。
The normative value of, and the extent of popular engagement with, different forms of commitment differ across Christian religious traditions, but studies often show women and older people exhibiting greater religiosity in their behavior and belief. Using a multidimensional approach to religious commitment, this study uses a new survey to provide an in‐depth assessment of Catholics in Britain. It finds that younger cohorts show greater involvement in some aspects of commitment and that there is very limited evidence for gender differences. Family religious socialization plays a key role in patterns of commitment relative to the weak impact of schooling. Two potential explanations for this counterintuitively positive “youth effect” seen among British Catholics are offered: “survivor bias” and a “creative minority” effect. The study provides an important contribution to understanding how Catholics in Britain engage with their faith and mediate processes of secularization.