(When) are religious people nicer? Religious salience and the ``Sunday effect'' on pro-social behavior

Prior research has found mixed evidence for the long-theorized link between religiosity and pro-social behavior. To help overcome this divergence, I hypothesize that pro-social behavior is linked not to religiosity per se, but rather to the salience of religion and religious norms. I report a field...

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Main Author: Deepak Malhotra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2010-04-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/10/10216/jdm10216.pdf