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
Recommended Citation
McElroy, Stacey E., Kenneth G. Rice, Don E. Davis, Joshua N. Hook, Peter C. Hill, Everett L. Worthington, and Daryl R. Van Tongeren. “Intellectual Humility: Scale Development and Theoretical Elaborations in the Context of Religious Leadership.” Journal of Psychology and Theology 42, no. 1 (Spring 2014): 19–30.
