Coralie Buxant
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I am interested in the following research topics:
(1) Membership in new religious movements in terms of predispositions (i.e., cognitive and affective), effects of belonging, and effects of the exit.
(2) Religious conversion, atheism, and spiritual seeking in the context of secularization.
(3) Positive psychology and religion (the effect of induced positive emotions on religiosity and level of spirituality).
Primary Interests:
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Ethics and Morality
- Intergroup Relations
- Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
- Personality, Individual Differences
- Self and Identity
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Books:
- Saroglou, V., Christians, L.-L., Buxant, C., & Casalfiore, S. (2005). Mouvements religieux contestés: Psychologie, droit et politiques de précaution. Gent, Belgium: Academia Press.
Journal Articles:
- Buxant, C. (2009). Pourquoi se tourner vers le religieux? Revue théologique de Louvain, 40, 41-65.
- 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.
- 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., 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.
- 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., Saroglou, V., & Tesser, M. (in press). Free-lance spiritual seekers: Self-growth or compensatory motives? Mental Health, Religion, and Culture.
- Christians, L.-L., & Buxant, C. (soumis). Dérives sectaires et renonciation aux droits. Un consentement psychologique en question. Revue de droit sanitaire et social.
- 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.
- Saroglou, V., Buxant, C., & Tilquin, J. (2008). Positive emotions as leading to religion and spirituality. Journal of Positive Psychology, 3, 165-173.
- 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, 211-223.
Courses Taught:
- General Psychology
- Psychology of Religion
- Social Psychology
Coralie Buxant
Psychologie Sociale et des Organisations
Université catholique de Louvain
10, place du Cardinal Mercier
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Belgium
- Phone: ++ 32 10 47 93 18
- Fax: ++ 32 10 47 48 34
