glossolalia : mental health and locus of control
abstract
the present study focussed on three major areas of
interest: the relationship between glossolalia, or speaking
in tongues, and positive mental health; the relationship
between glossolalia and locus of control; and finally, the
use of rotter's original locus of control scale with highly
religious populations.
ninety subjects were assigned to four groups on the
basis of self-report data. the old tongues group was
comprised of actively practising christians who had been
glossolalic for more than three years, while those in the
young tongues group had been glossolalic for three years or
less. subjects in the no tongues group were actively
practising christians yet non-glossolalic. finally, subjects
in the no religion group were self-described atheists or
agnostics and non-glossolalic. all subjects completed three
paper and pencil instruments; rotter's (1966) social
reaction inventory (sri), shostrom's (1963, 1964, 1966)
personal orientation inventory (poi), and finally, an
original survey questionnaire prepared by the author and
dealing with selected aspects of the respondents' family and
personal backgrounds, and religious experiences and beliefs.
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