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, since 2009-today
    FUNamur: Social psychology, since 2010; Introduction to psychology, since 2011
    Ichec-Brussels Management School: Introduction to psychology, since 2009
 

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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