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Study Finds Religion Helps Us Gain?Self-Control

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Although I am not sure if there really is a cause/effect here, it is an interesting study. Perhaps self control?is related to a cluster of factors, and religion is one?

From the Medical News Today article of Wed Jan 25, 2012

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Thinking about religion gives people more self-control on later, unrelated tasks; according to results from a series of recent Queen?s University study.

?After unscrambling?sentences containing religiously oriented words, participants in our studies exercised significantly more self-control,? says psychology graduate student and lead researcher on the study, Kevin Rounding.
Study participants were given a sentence?containing five words to unscramble. Some contained religious themes and others did not. After unscrambling the sentences, participants were asked to complete a number of tasks that required self-control ? enduring discomfort, delaying gratification, exerting patience, and refraining from impulsive responses.

Participants who had unscrambled the sentences containing religious themes had more self-control in completing their tasks.

?Our most interesting finding was that religious concepts were able to refuel self-control after it had been depleted?by another unrelated task,? says Mr. Rounding. ?In other words, even when we would predict people to be unable to exert self-control, after completing the religiously themed task they defied logic and were able to muster self-control.?

?Until now, I believed religion was a matter of faith; people had little ?practical? use for religion,? Mr. Rounding explains. ?This research actually suggests that religion can serve a very useful function in society. People can turn to religion not just for transcendence and fears regarding death and an after-life but also for practical purposes.?

Thinking about religion gives people more self-control on later, unrelated tasks; according to results from a series of recent Queen?s University study. ?After unscrambling?sentences containing religiously oriented words, participants in our studies exercised significantly?more self-control,? says psychology graduate student and lead researcher on the study, Kevin Rounding. Study participants were given a sentence?containing five words to unscramble. Some contained religious themes and others did not

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February 2, 2012 - Posted by Janice Flahiff | Psychology | religion, self-control

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