Bibliography: RC8VK3N2

key	RC8VK3N2
title	Change of Mind or Heart?: Some Cognitive and Emotional Characteristics of Religious Conversions
author	Ullman, Chana
item type	Thesis
publication year	1979
date	1979
abstract note	This study focused on the relative predominance of cognitive and emotional factors in precipitating religious conversions. Three hypotheses derived from cognitive theories of behavior were examined. Converts and non-converts differed markedly on all the variables that measured emotional dynamics and well-being. Converts reported a more stressful and traumatic childhood and a more stressulf adolescence as compared to non-converts. The incidence of father-absence and of conflictual relationship with the father were particularly high in the converts' sample. Atnecedents to conversion indicated a high frequency of stress and emotional turmoil prior to the conversion and a low frequency of cognitive search.
number pages	[iv], ix, 186
publisher	Boston University
language	English
manual tags	CONVERSION