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Vassilis Saroglou
Professor
Member of the Division of Social & Organizational Psychology
Responsible for the Centre for Psychology of Religion
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Address
Department of Psychology
Université catholique de Louvain
Place du Cardinal Mercier 10
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
Tel. +32-10-47 82 74
Fax. +32-10-47 37 74
E-Mail vassilis.saroglou@uclouvain.be
URL Personal webpage
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Degree:
1999: PhD in psychology, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Research interests:
Psychology of religion
Personality psychology
Selected publications:
2008 and in press
Friedman, M. & Rholes, W. S. (in press). Religious fundamentalism and
terror management: Differences by interdependant and independant
construal. Self and Identity.
Buxant, C., Saroglou, V., & Scheuer, J. (in press). Contemporary conversions: Compensatory needs or self-growth motives? Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion.
Muñoz-García, A., & Saroglou, V. (in press). Believing literally versus symbolically: Values and personality correlates among Spanish students . Journal of Beliefs and Values.
Saroglou, V., Buxant, C., & Tilquin, J. (2008). Positive emotions as leading to religion and spirituality . Journal of Positive Psychology, 3, 165-173
Saroglou, V. (2008). Religion, culture and mental health, by Kate Loewenthal. Mental Health, Religion, and Culture, 11, 741-743.
Demoulin, S., Saroglou, V., & Van Pachterbeke, M. (2008). Infra-humanizing others, supra-humanizing gods: The emotional hierarchy . In V. Kwan & S. T. Fiske (Eds.), Missing links in social cognition: The continuum form non-human agents to dehumanized humans (special issue). Social Cognition, 26, 235-247.
Saroglou, V., & Muñoz-García, A. (2008). Individual differences in religion and spirituality: An issue of personality traits and/or values . Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 47, 83-101.
Buxant, C., & Saroglou, V. (2008). Joining and leaving a new religious movement : A study of ex-members' mental health . Mental Health, Religion, and Culture, 11, 251-271.
Buxant, C., & Saroglou, V. (2008). Feeling good, but lacking autonomy: Closed-mindedness on social and moral issues in New Religious Movements . Journal of Religion and Health, 47, 17-31.
Friedman, M. (2008). Religious fundamentalism and responses to mortality
salience: A quantitative text analysis. International Journal for the
Psychology of Religion, 18, 216-237.
Friedman, M., & Rholes, W. S. (2008). Religious fundamentalism and terror
management. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 18,
36-52.
2007
Buxant, C., Saroglou, V., Casalfiore, S., & Christians, L.-L. (2007). Cognitive and emotional characteristics of New Religious Movement members : New questions and data on the mental health issue . Mental Health, Religion, and Culture, 10, 219-238.
Pichon, I., Boccato, G., & Saroglou, V. (2007). Nonconscious influences of religion on prosociality: A priming study . European Journal of Social Psychology, 37, 1032-1045.
Saroglou, V., & Mathijsen, F. (2007). Religion, multiple identities, and acculturation: A study of Muslim immigrants in Belgium . Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 29, 177-198.
2006
Saroglou, V. & Dupuis J. (2006). Being Buddhist in Western Europe: Cognitive needs, prosocial character, and values . International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 16, 163-179.
Saroglou, V. & Hanique, B. (2006). Jewish identity, values, and religion in a globalized world: A study of late adolescents . Identity : An International Journal of Theory and Research, 6, 231-249.
Saroglou, V. (2006). Religion's role in prosocial behavior: Myth or reality? Psychology of Religion Newsletter: American Psychological Association Division 36, 31, 1-8
Saroglou, V. (2006). Religious bricolage as a psychological reality: Limits, structures, and dynamics . Social Compass, 53, 109-115.
Saroglou, V. (2006). "A son image" mais "à Sa ressemblance" ou comment l'homme façonne Dieu : Dynamiques psychologiques. In O. H. Pesch & J.-M. Van Cangh (Eds.), L'homme, image de Dieu (pp. 145-187). Bruxelles : Cerf diffusion (Publications de l'Académie Internationale des Sciences Religieuses). Contents
Saroglou, V. (2006). Saints et héros : Vies parallèles et psychologies spécifiques. Revue Théologique de Louvain, 37, 313-341. Abstract
Saroglou, V. (2006). Quête d'unité : Spécificité religieuse d'une fonction non nécessairement religieuse (Quest for unity: Religious specifics of a universal psychological function ). Archives de Psychologie, 72, 161-181. Abstract
2005
Saroglou, V., Pichon, I. Trompette, L., Verschueren, M., & Dernelle, R. (2005). Prosocial behavior and religion : New evidence based on projective measures and peer ratings . Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 44, 323-348.
Saroglou, V. (2005). Saints et héros : Vies parallèles et psychologies spécifiques. Cahiers Electroniques de l'Imaginaire, 2, 135-152.
2004
Saroglou, V., Delpierre, V., & Dernelle, R. (2004). Values and religiosity: A meta-analysis of studies using Schwartz's model . Personality and Individual Differences, 37, 721-734.
Saroglou, V. & Galand, P. (2004). Identities, values, and religion: A study among Muslim, other immigrant, and native Belgian young adults after the 9/11 attacks . Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 4, 97-132.
Saroglou, V. & Anciaux, L. (2004). Liking sick humor: Coping styles and religion as predictors . Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 17, 257-277.
Saroglou, V. (2004). Being religious implies being different in humour: Evidence from self- and peer-ratings . Mental Health, Religion, and Culture, 7, 255-267.
Saroglou, V., Buxant, C., Casalfiore, S., Christians, L.-L., & Jaspard, J.-M. (2004). Redéfinir les critères de dérive sectaire? Un regard psychologique au croisement des sciences des religions. Annales de Droit de Louvain, 64, 529-560. Abstract
Saroglou, V. & Galand, P. (2004). Identités multiples, valeurs et anti-américanisme : Une étude auprès des jeunes musulmans issus de l'immigration. In B. Khader & C. Roosens (Eds.), Belges et Arabes : Voisins distants, partenaires nécessaires (pp. 111-136). Louvain : Presses Universitaires de Louvain.
Saroglou, V. (2004). Valeurs, religion et modernité en Europe. Annales d'Etudes Européennes [special issue: Une Constitution pour un projet et des valeurs], 7, 165-185.
2003
Saroglou, V. (2003). Trans-cultural/religious constants vs. cross-cultural/religious differences in psychological aspects of religion . Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 25, 71-87.
Saroglou, V. (2003). Humor appreciation as function of religious dimensions . Archive for the Psychology of Religion, 24, 144-153.
Saroglou, V., Kempeneers, A., & Seynhaeve, I. (2003). Need for closure and adult attachment dimensions as predictors of religion and reading interests. In P. Roelofsma, J. Corveleyn, & J. van Saane (Eds.), One hundred years of psychology and religion (pp. 139-154). Amsterdam: VU University Press.
Saroglou, V. (2003). Psychology of religion and culture . In Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS). Oxford, UK: UNESCO-Eolss Publishers (http://www.eolss.net).
Saroglou, V. & Fiasse, L. (2003). Birth order, personality, and religion: A study among young adults from a three-sibling family . Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 19-29.
Saroglou, V. (2003). L'Orthodoxie confrontée au monde pluraliste et à la globalisation. In O. H. Pesch & J.-M. Van Cangh (Eds.), Comment faire de la théologie aujourd'hui? Continuité et renouveau (pp. 291-325). Cerf diffusion: Bruxelles (coll. Publications de l'Académie Internationale des Sciences Religieuses). Abstract
Saroglou, V. (2003). Spiritualité moderne: Un regard de psychologie de la religion. Revue Théologique de Louvain, 34, 473-504. Abstract
Saroglou, V. & Jaspard, J.-M. (2003). Psychology of religion and personality : A Five Factor Model perspective [In Hungarian]. In K. Horváth-Szabó (Ed.), Psychology of religion [special issue], Magyar Pszichológiai Szemle, 38, 83-112. Abstract
2002
Saroglou, V. (2002). Religion and the five factors of personality: A meta-analytic review . Personality and Individual Differences, 32, 15-25.
Saroglou, V. & Scariot, C. (2002). Humor Styles Questionnaire: Personality and educational correlates in Belgian high school and college students . European Journal of Personality, 16, 43-54.
Saroglou, V. (2002). Sense of humor and religion : An a priori incompatibility? Theoretical considerations from a psychological perspective . Humor : International Journal of Humor Research, 15, 191-214.
Saroglou, V. (2002). Religiousness, religious fundamentalism, and quest as predictors of humor creation . International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 12, 177-188.
Saroglou, V. (2002). Beyond dogmatism: The need for closure as related to religion . Mental Health, Religion, and Culture, 5, 183-194.
Saroglou, V. (2002). L'apport de la psychanalyse à la psychologie de la religion et la théologie: Commentaires. In J. Florence (ed.), La psychanalyse et l'Université : L'expérience de Louvain (pp. 171-177). Louvain-la-Neuve : Academia.Saroglou, V. (2002). Religion and the five factors of personality: A meta-analytic review . Personality and Individual Differences, 32, 15-25.
Saroglou, V. & Scariot, C. (2002). Humor Styles Questionnaire: Personality and educational correlates in Belgian high school and college students . European Journal of Personality, 16, 43-54.
Saroglou, V. (2002). Sense of humor and religion : An a priori incompatibility? Theoretical considerations from a psychological perspective . Humor : International Journal of Humor Research, 15, 191-214.
Saroglou, V. (2002). Religiousness, religious fundamentalism, and quest as predictors of humor creation . International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 12, 177-188.
Saroglou, V. (2002). Beyond dogmatism: The need for closure as related to religion . Mental Health, Religion, and Culture, 5, 183-194.
Saroglou, V. (2002). L'apport de la psychanalyse à la psychologie de la religion et la théologie: Commentaires. In J. Florence (ed.), La psychanalyse et l'Université : L'expérience de Louvain (pp. 171-177). Louvain-la-Neuve : Academia.
