Student values, religiosity, and pro-social behaviour: a cross-national perspective
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- Ram A Cnaan, Anne Birgitta Pessi, Sinisa Zrinscak, Femida Handy, Jeffrey L Brudney, Henrietta Grönlund, Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Kirsten Holmes, Lesley Hustinx (UGent) , Chulhee Kang, Meenaz Kassam, Lucas CPM Meijs, Bhagyashree Ranade, Karen A Smith and Naoto Yamauchi
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- Abstract
- The association between altruistic values, religious values and pro-social behaviour is well documented, though mainly in North America and across disparate demographic groups. However, we currently have no data that focus on the relationships between personal values, religious values and pro-social behaviour across many different countries. Our study provides this data. We surveyed the values and pro-social behaviour (giving donations and volunteer- ing) of university students in 14 different countries, thus achieving a unique cross-national perspective. We also included questions about materialistic values, which have hitherto been largely assumed to cause a reduction in pro-social behaviour. Our findings show that altruis- tic and religious values are positively significant in explaining variations in pro-social behav- iour, but that materialistic values are not negatively correlated with pro-social behaviour. Our study thus suggests that, in the modern world, materialistic, religious and altruistic values can combine in complex ways to determine pro-social behaviour and that this combination varies across countries and cultures. In the discussion section, we draw conclusions that also relate to religious institutions and their diaconia.
- Keywords
- religious values, materialistic values, altruistic values, Pro-social behaviour
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-2996028
- MLA
- Cnaan, Ram A., et al. “Student Values, Religiosity, and pro-Social Behaviour: A Cross-National Perspective.” DIACONIA (GOTTINGEN), vol. 3, no. 1, 2012, pp. 2–25.
- APA
- Cnaan, R. A., Pessi, A. B., Zrinscak, S., Handy, F., Brudney, J. L., Grönlund, H., … Yamauchi, N. (2012). Student values, religiosity, and pro-social behaviour: a cross-national perspective. DIACONIA (GOTTINGEN), 3(1), 2–25.
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- Cnaan, Ram A, Anne Birgitta Pessi, Sinisa Zrinscak, Femida Handy, Jeffrey L Brudney, Henrietta Grönlund, Debbie Haski-Leventhal, et al. 2012. “Student Values, Religiosity, and pro-Social Behaviour: A Cross-National Perspective.” DIACONIA (GOTTINGEN) 3 (1): 2–25.
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- Cnaan, Ram A, Anne Birgitta Pessi, Sinisa Zrinscak, Femida Handy, Jeffrey L Brudney, Henrietta Grönlund, Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Kirsten Holmes, Lesley Hustinx, Chulhee Kang, Meenaz Kassam, Lucas CPM Meijs, Bhagyashree Ranade, Karen A Smith, and Naoto Yamauchi. 2012. “Student Values, Religiosity, and pro-Social Behaviour: A Cross-National Perspective.” DIACONIA (GOTTINGEN) 3 (1): 2–25.
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- 1.Cnaan RA, Pessi AB, Zrinscak S, Handy F, Brudney JL, Grönlund H, et al. Student values, religiosity, and pro-social behaviour: a cross-national perspective. DIACONIA (GOTTINGEN). 2012;3(1):2–25.
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- [1]R. A. Cnaan et al., “Student values, religiosity, and pro-social behaviour: a cross-national perspective,” DIACONIA (GOTTINGEN), vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 2–25, 2012.
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abstract = {{The association between altruistic values, religious values and pro-social behaviour is well documented, though mainly in North America and across disparate demographic groups. However, we currently have no data that focus on the relationships between personal values, religious values and pro-social behaviour across many different countries. Our study provides this data. We surveyed the values and pro-social behaviour (giving donations and volunteer- ing) of university students in 14 different countries, thus achieving a unique cross-national perspective. We also included questions about materialistic values, which have hitherto been largely assumed to cause a reduction in pro-social behaviour. Our findings show that altruis- tic and religious values are positively significant in explaining variations in pro-social behav- iour, but that materialistic values are not negatively correlated with pro-social behaviour. Our study thus suggests that, in the modern world, materialistic, religious and altruistic values can combine in complex ways to determine pro-social behaviour and that this combination varies across countries and cultures. In the discussion section, we draw conclusions that also relate to religious institutions and their diaconia.}},
author = {{Cnaan, Ram A and Pessi, Anne Birgitta and Zrinscak, Sinisa and Handy, Femida and Brudney, Jeffrey L and Grönlund, Henrietta and Haski-Leventhal, Debbie and Holmes, Kirsten and Hustinx, Lesley and Kang, Chulhee and Kassam, Meenaz and Meijs, Lucas CPM and Ranade, Bhagyashree and Smith, Karen A and Yamauchi, Naoto}},
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title = {{Student values, religiosity, and pro-social behaviour: a cross-national perspective}},
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year = {{2012}},
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