Which Was First, Religion To Help With Self Control Or Self Control Codified As Religion?

Religious people have more self-control than non-religious counterparts, says a study by University of Miami professor of Psychology Michael McCullough

He says this is why religious people may be better at pursuing and achieving long-term goals and also might help explain why religious people tend to have lower rates of substance abuse, better school achievement, less delinquency, better health behaviors, less depression, and longer lives.

In this research project, McCullough evaluated eight decades worth of research on religion, which has been conducted in diverse samples of people from around the world. He found persuasive evidence from a variety of domains within the social sciences, including neuroscience, economics, psychology, and sociology, that religious beliefs and religious behaviors are capable of encouraging people to exercise self-control and to more effectively regulate their emotions and behaviors, so that they can pursue valued goals. The research paper which summarizes the results of their review of the existing science is in the January 2009 issue of Psychological Bulletin

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