Walter, Yoshija; Altorfer, Andreas (2022). Physiological Foundations for Religious Experiences in Devotional Worship Practices with Music Using Heart Rate and Respiration Rate Analyses. European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education, 12(2), pp. 127-143. MDPI 10.3390/ejihpe12020011
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The present study investigates the psychophysiological activation patterns of religious experiences in worship practices using Heart Rate (HR) and Respiratory Rate (RR) analyses. For this, 60 evangelical individuals participated in an experiment where they worshipped to six selected conditions and continuously indicated how strongly they sensed what they believed to be the presence of God. These ratings were correlated with the biometric data to indicate whether the experience has an activating effect on the believer's vegetative system (activation hypothesis) or a soothing effect thereupon (pacification hypothesis). Statistical analyses showed that the psychological disposition during the religious worship experience speeds up the physiological responses, which was indicated by increases in HR and RR. Hence, the activation hypothesis was accepted, and the pacification hypothesis was rejected.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy > Translational Research Center |
UniBE Contributor: |
Altorfer, Andreas |
ISSN: |
2254-9625 |
Publisher: |
MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
25 Feb 2022 10:04 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:10 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/ejihpe12020011 |
PubMed ID: |
35200234 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
breath frequency heart rate music physiology psychobiology of religion religion religious experience respiration rate worship |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/166030 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/166030 |
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