Researcher Degrees of Freedom in the Psychology of Religion

Sarah Jane Charles; James E Bartlett; Kyle Messick; Tommy Coleman III; Alex Uzdavines

doi:10.1080/10508619.2019.1660573

Researcher Degrees of Freedom in the Psychology of Religion

Sarah Jane Charles, James E Bartlett, Kyle Messick, Tommy Coleman III, Alex Uzdavines

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Abstract

There is a push in psychology toward more transparent practices, stemming partially as a response to the replication crisis. We argue that the psychology of religion should help lead the way toward these new, more transparent prac- tices to ensure a robust and dynamic subfield. One of the major issues that proponents of Open Science practices hope to address is researcher degrees of freedom (RDF). We pre-registered and conducted a systematic review of the 2017 issues from three psychology of religion journals. We aimed to identify the extent to which the psychology of religion has embraced Open Science practices and the role of RDF within the subfield. We found that many of the methodologies that help to increase transparency, such as pre-registration, have yet to be adopted by those in the subfield. In light of these findings, we present recommendations for addressing the issue of transparency in the psychology of religion and outline how to move toward these new Open Science practices.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	230-245
Number of pages	16
Journal	The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
Volume	29
Issue number	4
Early online date	1 Oct 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2019.1660573
Publication status	Published - 2019

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion on 1/10/19, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10508619.2019.1660573

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Religious studies
Psychology(all)

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