A Test of Yinger's Measure of Non-Doctrinal Religion: Implications for Invisible Religion as a Belief System

The reliability and validity of Yinger's non-doctrinal religious statemens were assessed using data from undergraduate students attending a state university in the Upper South. There was little internal reliability for the seven items taken as a single index. A factor analysis shows that the it...

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Autori: Nelsen, Hart M. 1938- (Autore) ; Everett, Robert F. (Autore) ; Hamby, Warren C. (Autore) ; Mader, Paul Douglas (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: Wiley-Blackwell [1976]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Anno: 1976, Volume: 15, Fascicolo: 3, Pagine: 263-267
Altre parole chiave:B Catholic Schools
B Factor analysis
B College students
B Sectarianism
B Spiritual belief systems
B Data sampling
B Religiosity
B Orthodoxy
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Riepilogo:The reliability and validity of Yinger's non-doctrinal religious statemens were assessed using data from undergraduate students attending a state university in the Upper South. There was little internal reliability for the seven items taken as a single index. A factor analysis shows that the items fall into two factors (acceptance of belief and order and the value of suffering), and these are related to traditional, institutional religious concerns as measured by doctrinal orthodoxy, associational involvement, devotionalism, and sectarianism.
ISSN:1468-5906
Comprende:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1386090