Respecting the LDS/Mormon Minority on Campus: College Students' Attitudes Toward Latter-Day Saints

Alyssa N. Rockenbach; Nicholas A. Bowman; Tiffani Riggers-Piehl; Matthew J. Mayhew; Rebecca E. Crandall

doi:10.1111/jssr.12481

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Respecting the LDS/Mormon Minority on Campus: College Students' Attitudes Toward Latter-Day Saints

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Respecting the LDS/Mormon Minority on Campus: College Students' Attitudes Toward Latter-Day Saints

Alyssa N. Rockenbach, Nicholas A. Bowman, Tiffani Riggers-Piehl, Matthew J. Mayhew and Rebecca E. Crandall

Journal for the scientific study of religion, Vol.56(4), pp.798-819

12/01/2017

DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12481

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Abstract

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints remain a minoritized and marginalized population in the United States at large, a pattern mirrored on the majority of college and university campuses across the United States. This study addresses how social identities, institutional contexts, and intergroup dynamics within the postsecondary education environment contribute to cultivating college students' attitudes toward LDS/Mormons and Mormonism. Using data collected from 13,584 college students attending 52 institutions across the country, the study employs multilevel modeling to examine these relationships. The analyses highlight the importance of productive interreligious contact in a supportive institutional context for shaping out-group attitudes. Affirming the interplay between social identity and intergroup contact, effects on out-group attitudes vary to some extent by religion/worldview. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

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Title: Subtitle: Respecting the LDS/Mormon Minority on Campus: College Students' Attitudes Toward Latter-Day Saints
Creators: Alyssa N. Rockenbach - North Carolina State University
Nicholas A. Bowman - University of Iowa
Tiffani Riggers-Piehl - University of Missouri–Kansas City
Matthew J. Mayhew - The Ohio State University
Rebecca E. Crandall - The Ohio State University
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal for the scientific study of religion, Vol.56(4), pp.798-819
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12481
ISSN: 0021-8294
eISSN: 1468-5906
Number of pages: 22
Language: English
Date published: 12/01/2017
Academic Unit: Educational Policy and Leadership Studies; Public Policy Center (Archive); Center for Social Science Innovation
Record Identifier: 9984283723702771

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