Religious orientation and schizotypal personality traits: a correlational study

ABSTRACT

The present study examined the relationship between religious orientation and schizotypal personality traits. To investigate the relation between the two variables it was hypothesized that an intrinsic orientation towards religion would be negatively related to schizotypal personality traits and an extrinsic orientation towards religion would be positively related to schizotypal personality traits. To assess the relation between two variables sample included 53 students [23 males and 30 females] from University of Karachi. The age range of the sample was between 20 - 30 years [X= 22.84 years] with a minimum qualification of graduation. The Age-Universal Religious Orientation Scale [Gorsuch and Venable, 1983] and Schizotypal Personality Questionnaire, SPQ [Raine, 1991] were administered to assess the religious orientation and presence of Schizotypal Personality traits. The data was analyzed by using the Pearson product moment coefficient correlation. The results indicate insignificant relationship between intrinsic religious orientation and schizotypal personality traits [r = 0.192, p > 0.05] and extrinsic religious orientation and schizotypal personality traits [r = 0.142, p > 0.05]