Theistic intellectual humility and well-being: does ideological context matter?

Existing conceptualizations and operationalizations of intellectual humility (IH) have not taken into account the way IH is experienced and expressed by theists. Based on a conceptualization of Christian theistic intellectual humility, we developed a measure of the construct, following established m...

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Published inThe journal of positive psychology Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 155 - 167
Main Authors Hill, Peter C., Lewis Hall, M. Elizabeth, Wang, David, Decker, Lauren A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 04.03.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Humility
intellectual humility
positive and negative well-being
Religious commitment
theism
Usefulness
Well being
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Summary:Existing conceptualizations and operationalizations of intellectual humility (IH) have not taken into account the way IH is experienced and expressed by theists. Based on a conceptualization of Christian theistic intellectual humility, we developed a measure of the construct, following established measure development steps of developing and reviewing scale items, exploring and confirming the factor structure, and establishing construct validity. We then tested the usefulness of the resulting scale by showing that theistic intellectual humility moderates four of the five tested relationships between religious commitment and well-being.
ISSN:1743-9760
1743-9779
DOI:10.1080/17439760.2019.1689424