Intellectual Humility: Scale Development and Theoretical Elaborations in the Context of Religious Leadership

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Spring 2014

Publication Source

Journal of Psychology and Theology

Volume Number

42

Issue Number

1

First Page

19

Last Page

30

Publisher

Rosemead School Psychology

ISSN

0091-6471

Abstract

This article focused on how perceptions of intellectual humility (IH)-humility regarding one's knowledge or influence over ideas affect relationships with religious leaders. We developed an informant report measure of IH perceptions using exploratory (Study 1; N = 213) and confirmatory (Study 2; N = 213) factor analyses, as well as a basic manipulation of IH (Study 3; N = 139). Then in Study 4 (N = 105), we examined IH in the context of a major betrayal by a religious leader (i.e., aligning with several factors theorized to strain the practice of IH). The results provide preliminary evidence for the psychometric soundness of the scale, including reliability and content validity of the scores. The scale was able to distinguish between IH and other constructs. Furthermore, the results provide initial evidence that IH is related to social bonds, as perceptions of IH were related to trust and higher forgiveness toward the religious leader, and positive attitudes towards the Sacred.

Keywords

CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS; PERSONALITY JUDGMENT; MEASUREMENT ERROR; QUEST; TRUST

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