宗教：跨文化心理学研究一个不可忽视的因素

宗教与文化相互交织,有着千丝万缕的关系。宗教应纳入跨文化研究的原因有四：宗教在人们的生活当中具有重要地位;宗教是健康以及其他跨文化变量的重要指标;宗教可以预测几个重要的跨文化维度;宗教信念和行为受文化因素的影响。在跨文化研究中,应考虑宗教的五维度框架,即意识形态维度、仪式维度、体验维度、知识维度、社会维度。

Religion:An Overlooked Factor in Cross - Cultural Psychology

Religion is inextricably woven into the cloth of cultural life.Religion should be fully integrated into cross-cultural research for four reasons： religion,by itself,occupies an important role in people＇s lives across cultures;religion has been found to be a strong predictor of health and other cross-cultural psychological variables;religion has a strong influence on cross-cultural factor;and culture also influences and shapes religious beliefs and practices.a five-dimensional framework of religion were presented in cross-cultural research,namely,ideological dimension,ritualistic dimension,experiential dimension,intellectual dimension,social dimension.