Self-reported religiosity may diverge from measures of implicit prejudice.

Evidence

As with most other religion–prejudice and IAT research, however, this study contains some inherent limitations (i.e., self-reported religiosity, use of a convenience sample of college students, examination of White–Black attitudes only). As such, replication and extension of the current study are needed. — Wade C. Rowatt and Lewis M. Franklin, Christian Orthodoxy, Religious…, 87

Categorization

• QUESTION: The self-report vs. implicit distinction is exactly the reader’s research axis — does measured implicit bias ever match professed religious/spiritual conviction?
• XREF: connects to: Self-reported religious conviction diverges from measured racial tolerance — Deborah L. Hall and David C. Matz and Wendy Wood, Why Don’t We Practice What We Preach? A…, 77; Self-reported religiosity reliably but weakly predicts racial prejudice; Religious piety reduces overt but raises covert expressions of prejudice — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 2553 (+4 more)

Related

• Self-reported religious conviction diverges from measured racial tolerance (similarity 0.89)
• Neither intrinsic nor social religion predicts measured implicit racial bias (similarity 0.88)
• Reported low prejudice among the religious reflects self-presentation, not true tolerance (similarity 0.84)
• Self-reported religiosity reliably but weakly predicts racial prejudice (similarity 0.83)
• Religiosity correlates with inclusive attitudes despite reinforcing its own boundaries (similarity 0.83)
• Religious conviction type rather than strength predicts measured racism (similarity 0.83)
• When prejudice hides behind professed conviction, implicit measures expose it (similarity 0.83)
• Extrinsic religion correlates with higher prejudice than intrinsic religion across diverse measures (similarity 0.82)
• Religious piety reduces overt but raises covert expressions of prejudice (similarity 0.82)
• Intrinsic religion robustly predicts lower prejudice across 32 studies of religious activity (similarity 0.82)
• Explicit and implicit attitudes operate on different levels and need different measures. (similarity 0.82)
• Intrinsic religion reflects in-group conformity, not reduced prejudice (similarity 0.81)
• Intrinsic religiosity tracks tolerance only on overt, community-proscribed measures (similarity 0.81)
• Implicit prejudice may decline when people internalize inclusive religious teachings autonomously rather than authoritariously. (similarity 0.81)
• Implicit and explicit prejudice are distinct and can diverge within the same person (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Implicit and explicit prejudice are distinct and can diverge within the same person #corroborates (0.90) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2170
• Intrinsic religion’s low-prejudice link vanishes under non-self-report measures #exemplifies (0.85)
• Religious piety reduces overt but raises covert expressions of prejudice #expands (0.80) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 2553
• Intrinsic religiosity correlates with appearing unprejudiced rather than being tolerant #expands (0.80)
• Self-reported religiosity reliably but weakly predicts racial prejudice #qualifies (0.75)
• Intrinsic religion robustly predicts lower prejudice across 32 studies of religious activity #contradicts (0.70) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2539