La religión como predictor de las actitudes hacia la nación

Rodríguez García, José Miguel

doi:10.15517/ap.v21i108.33

Authors

José Miguel Rodríguez García Universidad de Costa Rica, Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/ap.v21i108.33

Keywords:

Nationalism, religiosity, national identity, patriotism, religious fundamentalism

Abstract

In this article the relations between religiosity and nationalism are analyzed. Specifically the correlations between variables like national identity, nationalism, patriotism, religious fundamentalism, and religiosity; as well as the predicting effect of the religious variables are analized on political attitudes toward the nation. It was performed a survey with Costa Ricans participants. The results are discussed from the point of view of psychosocial research as from the point of view of the research on nationalism in Costa Rica.

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