This study investigates the relationship between religiosity, prosociality, and moralizing using data from over 295,000 individuals across 108 countries. Contrary to the hypothesis that religiosity fosters prosociality and trust, the study finds a weak positive association between religiosity and social mistrust and a negative association with prosocial behaviors benefiting the larger community. The study's models suggest that individual religiosity is significantly explained by the interaction of social mistrust and the need to moralize sexual behaviors. Stratified k-fold cross-validation demonstrates the robustness of these findings.
Publisher
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Published On
Jan 21, 2021
Authors
Pierre O. Jacquet, Farid Pazhoohi, Charles Findling, Hugo Mell, Coralie Chevallier, Nicolas Baumard
Tags
religiosity
prosociality
moralizing
social mistrust
cross-validation
individual behavior
global study
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