Soria Minervini, Greta (2025) Intrinsic Religiosity and the Acceptance of Ethnic and Educational Inequalities. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Regardless of the well-documented negative effects associated with social inequalities, not all inequalities are equally opposed. We conducted an experimental study (N = 258) exploring the relationship between intrinsic religiosity and inequality acceptance, focusing on the moderating effect of type of inequality on this relationship. Participants were randomly assigned to two experimental conditions consisting of a text on either education-based or ethnic-based inequalities, highlighting the disparities in employment, income, and political representation between EU citizens. The survey also included measures of intrinsic religiosity and inequality acceptance. Despite the lack of significant relationship between intrinsic religiosity and inequality acceptance, educational inequalities were found to be more accepted than ethnic inequalities, as hypothesised. This aligns with previous research demonstrating the widespread disregard of educational bias, which may work to legitimise adverse treatment towards the less-educated. The hypothesised moderation effect of inequality type was also non-significant, potentially reflecting the limited variability in religiosity of the sample. Therefore, although inequality type is associated with level of inequality acceptance, intrinsic religiosity may not be as influential as anticipated. However, future research employing more diverse samples is necessary to clarify this relationship.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Al-Amine, M. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2025 07:13 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2025 07:13 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/5408 |
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