TABLE 4.
Summary of key correlations between aspects of faith stage/styles and validation scales.
| Aspect | Stage/Style | Factor | Positively predicts | Negatively predicts |
| Perspective taking | 3 | Defended Truth | Interpersonal Reactivity Index: Personal Distress | Interpersonal Reactivity Index: Perspective Taking, Empathic Concern |
| 4 | Understanding Others | Narcissism Personality Index | Interpersonal Reactivity Index: Perspective Taking, Empathic Concern | |
| 5 | Open to Family Difference | Interpersonal Reactivity Index: Perspective Taking | ||
| Social Horizon | 3 | Ingroup Responsibility and Boundaries | Prejudice toward Muslims, Gay People, Atheists | |
| 4 | Value Difference | Identification with All Humanity; Oneness: Spiritual, Physical (sense of oneness with the physical universe) | ||
| 5 | Close to Different Others | Identification with All Humanity | Prejudice toward Muslims, Gay People | |
| Morality | 3 | Follow God and Group | Moral Foundations: Ingroup/Loyalty, Authority/Respect, and Purity/Sanctity (the foundations endorsed more by conservatives) | |
| 4 | Order and Stability | Moral Foundations: All five foundations | ||
| 5 | Universal Values | Moral Foundations: All five foundations, but substantially higher for Harm/Care and Fairness/Responsibility (the foundations endorsed more by liberals) | ||
| Locus of Authority | 3 | Authority in Groups/Leaders | Right-Wing Authoritarianism, Social Dominance Orientation; Adult Attachment: Anxiety, Avoidance | |
| 4 | Authority in Individuals | Right-Wing Authoritarianism, Social Dominance Orientation; Adult Attachment: Avoidance | ||
| Form of World Coherence |
3 | Groups and Leaders | Survey of Dictionary-Based Isms: Tradition-Oriented Religiousness (focusing on organized religion); Unmitigated Self-Interest (valuing hedonism); Subjective Spirituality (focusing on mysticism and being spiritual); Epistemological Style Inventories: Naïve Realism | Survey of Dictionary-Based Isms: Inequality-Aversion (also referred to as Egalitarianism), Communal Rationalism (dealing with rational human nature and the value of social institutions) |
| 3 | Right or Wrong Views | Survey of Dictionary-Based Isms: Unmitigated Self-Interest; Epistemological Style Inventories: Naïve Realism | Survey of Dictionary-Based Isms: Inequality-Aversion and Communal Rationalism, Subjective Spirituality | |
| 4 | Consistent and Appropriate Beliefs | Survey of Dictionary-Based Isms: Communal Rationalism; Epistemological Style Inventories: Logical Inquiry | Survey of Dictionary-Based Isms: Self-Interest; Epistemological Style Inventories: Skeptical Subjectivism | |
| 5 | Mystery | Survey of Dictionary-Based Isms: Tradition-Oriented Religiousness, Subjective Spirituality | Survey of Dictionary-Based Isms: Unmitigated Self-Interest | |
| Symbolic Function |
3 | Truth and Symbols | Survey of Dictionary-Based Isms: Tradition-Oriented Religiousness, Unmitigated Self-Interest, Subjective Spirituality | Survey of Dictionary-Based Isms: Communal Rationalism, Inequality-Aversion |
| 4/5 | Value Symbols | Survey of Dictionary-Based Isms: Tradition-Oriented Religiousness, Subjective Spirituality | Survey of Dictionary-Based Isms: Unmitigated Self-Interest |
Refer to Supplementary Tables for complete correlation tables including descriptive statistics.