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2/24/18: Added short paragraph to Isabel Briggs Myers page. Started a new paragraph, titled, 'Background. ~ 3/1/18: Topic Chosen: Religion and Personality, Sources: 1)Individual Differences and Personality; Michael C Ashton (course textbook). We will use this source to add information about religion and developmental change, mental ability, and life outcomes. 2) Religion and the Five Factor Model of Personality; Andrew Taylor and Douglas A MacDonald. Research was done on using the NEO-PI-R to determine if traits are affected by religion. Will include information from this study. ~

Religious Struggles and Personality
Research has shown that struggles with religion correlates to basic personality traits. Studies on The Big Five Factors of Personality, as well as factors such as self-compassion, self-esteem, and entitlement, suggest that there is a significant relationship between religious uncertainty and personality. Adriennepyeatt (talk) 04:56, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

People who are high in neuroticism may have a hard time trying to find purpose in their life. This correlates with divine struggles as they may encounter distress when it comes to finding the meaning of life as well as recognizing divine figures of religions. Extroversion, however, has not been linked through research or studies with religious struggles. Very little evidence is available to suggest that openness to experience is linked to religious struggles, but it is thought that those who are high in openness to experience may carry more doubt in religions compared to those who are lower in openness to experience. Both agreeableness and conscientiousness have been associated with possible animosity towards God or other divine figures. Akubiak (talk) 04:46, 18 March 2018 (UTC) It has also been found that religious people are more likely to avoid risk. Adriennepyeatt (talk) 17:10, 3 April 2018 (UTC)

Religion and Life Satisfaction
Research done by Salsman, Brown, Brechting, and Carlson showed a positive correlation between religion and life satisfaction of about 0.2 to 0.3. It was shown by Salsman that those who practice religion have a generally positive outlook on life. Many elements of religion have been studied to determine which aspects impacts one's life satisfaction. It was found that both personal and organizational religion can lead to an increased life satisfaction. Individual prayer, a feeling of intimacy with the divine, and meditation were all linked to greater psychological well-being and life satisfaction. When it came to organizational religion, people felt a greater satisfaction knowing that they belonged to a group, had a support system from the church, and felt fulfilled when they increased their participation within the church's community. Akubiak (talk) 00:33, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Those who feel conflicted about religion may encounter a decline in their health, both mentally and physically. Research has shown that those who have religious struggles could have higher depression and anxiety levels. The risk of suicide is even elevated when struggle is present within religion. These struggles have been linked to a separation from the church or the divine; however the cause for the separation is unknown and may stem from different life events such as a traumatic death in the family, difficult life events, or a mental battle between oneself. More research is needed to validate the causes of religious struggles and how they effect one's personality. Akubiak (talk) 22:42, 8 April 2018 (UTC)

Religion and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI, uses four dichotomies to indicate a person's psychological preference. When used in studies alongside religion, it has been shown that introverted types (primarily ISTJ and INTJ) are more likely to be atheist. However, a large portion of Greek Orthodox is ISTJ as well. In addition, the "judging" (J) type is common among evangelical and Protestants. Adriennepyeatt (talk) 21:01, 17 March 2018 (UTC) ESFJ and ENFJ personality types are more interested in becoming ministers than other types. ENFJs are more attracted to becoming ministers of liberal denominations, while ESFJs are more interested in becoming ministers in conservative denominations. Adriennepyeatt (talk) 17:41, 6 April 2018 (UTC)

Peer Review - from Sara Johnson
I think the topic of religion and personality is really interesting, so I am glad to see a group has chosen it!

Your approach of discussing how an absence of religiosity or spirituality can be related to various personality traits is really creative. I usually think about how the presence of religiosity is related to personality, so this is a new perspective for me. I think it could be good to expand upon which traits from the Big 5 model correlate to struggles with religion and spirituality. In the last sentence of this section, it is mentioned that religious uncertainty is related to depression and anxiety levels, so it seems like there should be a relationship with neuroticism. If there is research and other sources to support this, I think it would be really good to add. People may not be extremely interested in how extroversion or other kind of neutral traits relate to religiosity, but I think the neuroticism aspect would be very interesting for many people. A concern I have within the 'Religiosity struggles and personality' section is that you have used the word "proven". I would suggest changing this to something more like "suggested" because it is likely a correlation between religious struggles and anxiety or depression.

The 'Religiosity and Life Satisfaction' section will appeal to many people, in my opinion. Most people are looking to find meaning or purpose for their lives, and I do not think there is anyone who would like to be unhappier in life. I think what this section just needs some expansion. I recognize that you are not finished with this project, and it will continue to get even better. However, this would be a good section to really focus on.

When adding this information into the actual Wiki article, be sure to make the headers of your sections the same. Right now one of your headers only has the first word capitalized, but the second header has all its words capitalized. I think it would be good to keep these consistent.

I see that you have used our textbook as a source; I think this a really good choice. I chose this topic for the add to an article assignment we did a few weeks ago. There is more information in the book you could use to enhance your writing. The study used as your other source is probably a good source. However, you may want to find more research studies that can back up these claims. Meta-analyses are also good sources to use when you want to use research because someone else has done the hard work of compiling many sources for you. ~

Peer Review - Sierra Herndon

Speaking from an audience's perspective, I believe the information you've decided to add is definitely relevant to the topic and may draw more interest overall. A couple content-related questions I have as a reader of the overall article as well as the sections you have decided to incorporate, is whether there have been any studies looking at personality and specific religious disciplines? Are these personality characteristics correlated equivalently between the major religions? What about minor religions? Likewise, if there is minimal data to support these more specific questions, have there been any reviews/discussions addressing what has prevented these studies? (e.g. ethical dilemmas, invasion of privacy, etc.)

Continuing from a content-related perspective, something that stood out to me was a slight inconsistency in terminology used, in that the lead section primarily uses the term "religiosity," whereas the remaining sections tend to use "religion" and "spiritualism" almost synonymously. As a reader, I am curious if there is a difference between these terms, particularly between religion and spirituality/spiritualism, and if there is, could this affect the accuracy of statements? One way I could imagine addressing this would be either incorporating the definitions of these terms in the article, or hyperlinking them to their respective Wikipedia pages. Likewise, I would recommend hyperlinking each of the FFM traits to their Wikipedia pages. I would also recommend going through the article and addressing inconsistencies in terms of capitalization of FFM traits, as well as general consistency issues.

Overall, I think both the topic and the information you have presented is interesting, and that the sections you've chosen to tackle will enhance the breadth of the article. Sierra Herndon (talk) 06:21, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Peer Review by Alex Stutzman
I feel that the section on religion and health issues can be expanded more. I feel that it needs some more information on why that happens. Also I feel that "there is a significant relationship between religious uncertainty and personality." needs a specific statistic if you can find one. Doing so will strengthen your statement. I agree with Sara that your titles need to be consistent with the capitalization. I think you're definitely on the right path with your article and you're doing a great job. The sections make sense in the article and they're in a good order. The relationship between religion and life satisfaction will be interesting and I'm hoping to read what you include in your article about it. I feel overall there needs to be more expansion on your topics and needs to have more research and statistics, but otherwise you're golden.