Liberal and Conservative Protestant Denominations as Different Socioecological Strategies |
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Authors: | Ingrid Storm David Sloan Wilson |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Social Change, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, Kantorovich Building, Humanities Bridgeford Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK;(2) Biological Sciences Department, Binghamton University, Vestal Parkway East, P.O Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902, USA |
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Abstract: | It is common to portray conservative and liberal Protestant denominations as “strong” and “weak” on the basis of indices such
as church attendance. Alternatively, they can be regarded as qualitatively different cultural systems that coexist in a multiple-niche
environment. We integrate these two perspectives with a study of American teenagers based on both one-time survey information
and the experience sampling method (ESM), which records individual experience on a moment-by-moment basis. Conservative Protestant
youth were found to be more satisfied, family-oriented, and sociable than liberal Protestant youth, but also more dependent
on their social environment, which is reflected in a deterioration of their mood when they are alone. Liberal Protestant youth
appear to have internalized values that remain constant whether in the presence or absence of others. We relate these results
to the social scientific literature on liberalism and conservatism and to evolutionary theory as a framework for explaining
cultural systems as adaptations to multiple-niche environments.
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Keywords: | Protestantism Liberalism Conservatism Socioecological strategies Religion Evolutionary psychology |
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