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Yasin M. I. Orthodox Christian’s Intrinsic Religious Motivation. Izvestiya of Saratov University. Philosophy. Psychology. Pedagogy, 2018, vol. 18, iss. 4, pp. 463-467. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18500/1819-7671-2018-18-4-463-467
Orthodox Christian’s Intrinsic Religious Motivation
Intrinsic religious motivation forms the basis of real religiosity as opposed to nominal religiosity which makes persons identify themselves with the definite confession, but it does not follow any religious practices. While studying Orthodox Christians’ intrinsic motivation we have used the Questionnaire made by I. Stojkovic and J. Miric, which consists of 50 respondents. This method allows to determine the direction of motivation in five parameters: religion as the highest value; the desire to meet social expectations about religion; religion as a means of fulfilling desires; religion as part of tradition, religion as a source of emotional well-being, ideals and morality. We have found out that followers of Orthodoxy confession have medium-high rates of intrinsic religious motivation with stronger inter-group variability. Men more frequently tend to be guided by external evaluations of their religious life as compared to women. The perception of religion as a means of wish-fulfillment depends on individual attitudes. Orthodox Christianity is treated by its followers as a part of tradition and national identity, this factor was closely connected with the internal religious motivation. Orthodox Christians see religion as a source of emotional well-being, ideals and morality.
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