@article{ref1,
title="Personality and group factors in the making of atheists",
journal="Journal of abnormal and social psychology",
year="1932",
author="Vetter, G.b. and Green, M.",
volume="27",
number="2",
pages="179-194",
abstract="<p><br/>The study is based on 350 replies from members of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism. The most common &quot;causes&quot; given for anti-religious attitudes were: wide reading of history, science and religion (75 times); disgust with religious hypocrisy (60); influence of particular author or book (55); a byproduct of Socialist materialism (30); effects of college education (25); effects of study of sciences (25); and others in lesser numbers. Less frequently emotional factors were mentioned, such as: illness and death in family, the horrors of war, the futility of prayer, the evils and unhappiness in the world, etc. 36% of the atheists were oldest children, while only 15% were youngest children; about 9% were only children. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)</p><p />",
language="",
issn="0096-851X",
doi="10.1037/h0075273",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/h0075273"
}