The psychology of rituals: An integrative review and process-based framework
Hobson, Schroeder, Risen, Xygalatas and Inzlicht, Personality and Social Psychology Review 22(3), 2018 (online November 2017). An integrative review across social psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, behavioural economics and neuroscience. It proposes that rituals serve three regulatory functions, for emotions, for performance goal states and for social connection, explained by bottom-up processes arising from ritual physical features and top-down processes arising from ritual meaning. Reading depth: abstract only; nothing beyond it used.
Hobson, Schroeder, Risen, Xygalatas and Inzlicht, Personality and Social Psychology Review 22(3), 2018 (online November 2017). An integrative review across social psychology, cognitive science, anthropology, behavioural economics and neuroscience. It proposes that rituals serve three regulatory functions, for emotions, for performance goal states and for social connection, explained by bottom-up processes arising from ritual physical features and top-down processes arising from ritual meaning. Reading depth: abstract only; nothing beyond it used.
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Hobson, N. M., Schroeder, J., Risen, J. L., Xygalatas, D., & Inzlicht, M. (2018). The psychology of rituals: An integrative review and process-based framework. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 22(3), 260-284. doi:10.1177/1088868317734944 https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868317734944