Coralie Buxant

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Education

• 2002   Graduate in psychology, University of Louvain
• 2004   Master in criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Louvain
• 2004   Agrégation de l'enseignement secondaire supérieur
• 2005   DEA in psychology
• 2007  PhD in psychology 
   

Research interests

THEMES

• Membership to New Religious Movements (NRM): predispositions (i.e. cognitive and affective), effects of belonging, effects of the exit
• Religious conversion in the context of secularization
• Positive psychology and religion
   

Constructs used (selection)

• Attachment styles
• Need for closure
• Need for cognition
• Openess to experience
• Positive emotions
   

Publications

• Saroglou, V., Christians, L.-L., Buxant, C., & Casalfiore, S. (2005). Mouvements religieux contestés: Psychologie, droit et politiques de précaution. Gent: Academia Press (série Problèmes actuels concernant la cohésion sociale). See for an extensive summary:   EN    FR    NL
• 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
• Buxant, C., Saroglou, V., Casalfiore, S., & Christians, L.-L. (2007). Cognitive and emotional characteristics of New Religious Movements members: New questions and data on the mental health issue . Mental Health, Religion, and Culture, 10, 219-238.
• 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.
• Saroglou, V., Buxant, C., & Tilquin, J. (2008). Positive emotions as leading to religion and spirituality . Journal of Positive Psychology, 3, 165-173.
• Buxant, C., Saroglou, V., & Scheuer, J. (2009). Contemporary conversions: Compensatory needs or self-growth motives? Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, 20, 47-68.
• Buxant, C. (2009). Pourquoi se tourner vers le religieux ? Des besoins affectifs et cognitifs au désir de réalisation de soi . Revue Théologique de Louvain, 40, 41-65.
• Saroglou, V., Lamkaddem, B., Van Pachterbeke, M., & Buxant, C. (2009). Host society’s dislike of the Islamic veil: The role of subtle prejudice, values, and religion . International Journal for Intercultural Relations, 33, 419-428.
• Buxant, C., & Saroglou, V. (2009). Les motifs d'attraction vers le religieux: Des besoins affectifs et cognitifs au désir d’expansion de soi. In P.-Y. Brandt & C.-A. Fournier (Eds.), La conversion religieuse: Analyses psychologiques, anthropologiques et sociologiques (pp. 73-99). Genève: Labor et Fides.
• Buxant, C., Saroglou, V., & Tesser, M. (2010). Free-lance spiritual seekers: Self-growth or compensatory motives? Mental Health, Religion, and Culture, 13, 209-222.

Conference papers

• Buxant, C. (2009, August). Why people turn to religion and spirituality? New questions and data on the functions of religion. Paper presented at the International Association for the Psychology of Religion Conference, Vienna, Austria.
• Buxant, C. (2009, July). Cognitive and socio-affective needs, and positive emotions as leading to religion and spirituality. Paper presented at the 10th annual Metanexus Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
• Buxant, C. (2008, May). Why people believe? From functionalist theories to positive psychology. Paper presented at the Congress on psychology of religion, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Saroglou, V., & Buxant, C. (2008, February). Spiritual seekers and new converts: Self-growth or compensatory motives? Paper presened at the 6th Annual Mid-Year Conference on Religion and Spirituality, Columbia, Maryland.
• Buxant, C. & Saroglou, V. (2007, September). Positive emotions can increase spirituality: The case of wonder. Paper presented at the European Conference on Spirituality, Prague, Czech Republic.
• Buxant, C. & Saroglou, V. (2006, August). Joining and leaving a New Religious Movement : The impact on ex-members' well-being. Paper presented at the International Association for the Psychology of Religion Conference, Leuven, Belgium.
• Buxant, C. & Saroglou, V. (2006, July). Spiritual seekers not belonging to religious groups : Compensation needs or positive psychology-related motives ? Poster presented at the 13th European Conference on Personality, Athens, Greece. 
• Buxant, C. (2005, July). Being member of a New Religious Movement: New questions and data on the mental health issue. Paper presented at the interdisciplinary Congress on "Citoyenneté, Justice et Psychologie", Lyon, France.
• Buxant, C., Saroglou, V., & Casalfiore, S. (2004, September). Who are "cults"/New Religious Movements members? Attachment style, need for closure and world assumptions. Paper presented at the 10th International Conference of the Italian Society of Psychology of Religion, Verona, Italy.
• Buxant, C., Saroglou, V. & Casalfiore, S. (2004, July). Membership of"cults" and New Religious Movements: Attachment and need for closure as predictors. Poster presented at the 12th European Conference on Personality, Groningen, The Netherlands.
• Buxant, C. (2003, June). Les Nouveaux Mouvements Religieux et la santé mentale: facteurs de vulnérabilité et impact. In V. Saroglou, & L.-L. Christians (Chairs), Critériologie des dérives sectaires. Symposium, Louvain-la-Neuve. 

Teaching

    UCLouvain: Psychology of religion, 2008-2009
    UCLouvain: Social psychology, 2009-today
    FUNamur: Social psychology, 2010-
 

Links 

Positive psychology
 

Contact

Coralie Buxant
UCL, Dept. of psychology, Centre for psychology of religion
Division of social and organizational psychology
Pl. du Cardinal Mercier 10, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
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