… individuals who view God as being authoritarian and actively … in 2015. We developed a
questionnaire that included items … ,” described God, we created a proxy measure of inmate's …

… , Johnson et al. did not incorporate any relational aspect to … participants viewed God as
more benevolent or authoritarian, … perceived relationship to God, all measures were selfreported. …

… much affect the basic observations, measurement, and logic of the … , and spiritual directors)
have already done a good deal of … “Our Lord’s great will is that [his love] should be kindled in …

… We measured participants’ views of God using Shariff and Norenzayan’s (2011) scale (see
also Johnson, Okun, & Cohen, 2015). Participants rated the extent to which each of 14 …

… This book is borne on the shoulders of their good will. I … Who among these does not know
that the hand of the Lord … But spiritual realities, if such do exist, cannot be measured by …

… commensurate good and bad consequences; (c) God—but … or a 3-item measure of belief
in the existence of God, adapted … , such as processes of spiritual coping that shape believers’ …

… measured God representations without delineating a distinction between a participant’s God
images and the God concepts (Johnson et al., 2015… in aggressive behaviors (Johnson et al., …

… Johnson’s doctoral dissertation and the results have been … both authoritarian and benevolent
God representations. We … for each of the measured God representations, beliefs about self …

… Our dependent measure was the number of lottery entries … through its effect on representations
of God. In other words, … highlighted God’s benevolent nature (eg, “For the Lord is good; …

… with an insecure-dismissing attachment to God might exhibit authoritarian God representations
on implicit measures but report having benevolent God representations on self-report …