God-Belief and Cleanliness 1 Running Head: GOD-BELIEF AND FEELING CLEAN On God-Belief and Feeling Clean: Daily Experiences are Related to Feeling Clean, Particularly for those High in God-Belief

Recent work has shown robust associations between morality and cleanliness. However, it is not known whether this association is equally consequential for everyone. I predicted that individuals high (versus low) in god-belief would be more likely to draw upon feelings of cleanliness to represent their moral concerns. To test this hypothesis, I used a two week daily sampling protocol. In an initial session, I measured participants’ (N = 135) level of godbelief. I then measured participants’ levels of daily cleanliness, neuroticism, impulsivity, and prosocial behaviors every evening. Daily feelings of cleanliness predicted lower levels of neuroticism, but only for those high in god-belief. Daily impulsive behaviors predicted lower feelings of cleanliness and daily prosocial behaviors predicted higher feelings of cleanliness. God-belief moderated these effects such that they were stronger for those higher, than lower, in god-belief. In closing, I discuss potential reasons for these moderation effects and other theoretical considerations.