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Belief in a Loving Versus Punitive God and Behavior.

James A ShepperdGabrielle PoggeNikolette P LipseyWendi A MillerGregory D Webster
Published in: Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence (2020)
We examined the extent to which beliefs in a loving God and punitive God correspond with self-reported behavior in an online, longitudinal survey involving three waves of data collection, each separated by 6 months. Adolescents (N = 760) reported the extent to which they believed in a loving God and a punitive God (Times 1 and 3) and reported their engagement in benevolent (helping and forgiveness) and aggressive behavior (Times 2 and 3). Participants strongly endorsed a loving God but not a punitive God. In addition, belief in a loving God corresponded with reports of less aggressive and more benevolent behavior, whereas belief in a punitive God corresponded with more aggressive and less benevolent behavior.
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