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Change in personality traits due to religious conversion (view source)
Revision as of 03:49, August 21, 2025
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Additional information on [[emotional stability]] and religious conversion - What research suggests about religious conversion and emotional stability:
Additional information on [[emotional stability]] and religious conversion - What research suggests about religious conversion and emotional stability:
{{Cquote|Most personality traits are moderately stable across adulthood (correlations of ~0.6–0.8 across decades). Large shifts (over 1 SD) are rare, except in cases of major life events, trauma, or identity-transforming experiences.
{{Cquote|Most personality traits are moderately stable across adulthood (correlations of ~0.6–0.8 across decades). Large shifts (over 1 [[Standard deviation|SD]]) are rare, except in cases of major life events, trauma, or identity-transforming experiences.
Religious conversion—especially radical or sudden ones—can function as such an “[[Identity (psychology)|identity]] quake.” But studies show that while religiousness is linked to lower neuroticism / higher emotional stability on average, the effect sizes are usually modest (0.2–0.4 SD), not massive leaps.
Religious conversion—especially radical or sudden ones—can function as such an “[[Identity (psychology)|identity]] quake.” But studies show that while religiousness is linked to lower neuroticism / higher emotional stability on average, the effect sizes are usually modest (0.2–0.4 SD), not massive leaps.