The Emotional Toll of Hell: Cross-National and Experimental Evidence for the Negative Well-Being Effects of Hell Beliefs

Shariff, Azim F.; Aknin, Lara B.

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dc.contributor.author	Shariff, Azim F.	de
dc.contributor.author	Aknin, Lara B.	de
dc.date.accessioned	2019-03-20T11:21:52Z
dc.date.available	2019-03-20T11:21:52Z
dc.date.issued	2014	de
dc.identifier.issn	1932-6203	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/61835
dc.description.abstract	Though beliefs in Heaven and Hell are related, they are associated with different personality characteristics and social phenomena. Here we present three studies measuring Heaven and Hell beliefs' associations with and impact on subjective well-being. We find that a belief in Heaven is consistently associated with greater happiness and life satisfaction while a belief in Hell is associated with lower happiness and life satisfaction at the national (Study 1) and individual (Study 2) level. An experimental priming study (Study 3) suggests that these differences are mainly driven by the negative emotional impact of Hell beliefs. Possible cultural evolutionary explanations for the persistence of such a distressing religious concept are discussed.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Soziologie, Anthropologie	de
dc.subject.ddc	Sociology & anthropology	en
dc.title	The Emotional Toll of Hell: Cross-National and Experimental Evidence for the Negative Well-Being Effects of Hell Beliefs	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	PLOS ONE
dc.source.volume	9	de
dc.publisher.country	USA
dc.source.issue	1	de
dc.subject.classoz	Religionssoziologie	de
dc.subject.classoz	Sociology of Religion	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wohlbefinden	de
dc.subject.thesoz	well-being	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Glück	de
dc.subject.thesoz	happiness	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Lebenszufriedenheit	de
dc.subject.thesoz	satisfaction with life	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Glaube	de
dc.subject.thesoz	faith	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Emotionalität	de
dc.subject.thesoz	emotionality	en
dc.subject.thesoz	psychische Faktoren	de
dc.subject.thesoz	psychological factors	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Religiosität	de
dc.subject.thesoz	religiousness	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Messung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	measurement	en
dc.subject.thesoz	internationaler Vergleich	de
dc.subject.thesoz	international comparison	en
dc.subject.thesoz	soziale Ungleichheit	de
dc.subject.thesoz	social inequality	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wohlstand	de
dc.subject.thesoz	prosperity	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Arbeitslosigkeit	de
dc.subject.thesoz	unemployment	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Inflation	de
dc.subject.thesoz	inflation	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Bürgerrecht	de
dc.subject.thesoz	civil rights	en
dc.subject.thesoz	politische Stabilität	de
dc.subject.thesoz	political stability	en
dc.subject.thesoz	soziale Stabilität	de
dc.subject.thesoz	social stability	en
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	8	de
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085251	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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