RT Article
T1 Assessing pupils' attitudes towards religious and worldview diversity - development and validation of a nuanced measurement instrument
JF British Journal of religious education
VO 41
IS 4
SP 371
OP 387
A1 Hermisson, Sabine 1971-
A1 Wilson, Mark W. 1949-
A1 Gochyyev, Perman
LA English
PB [publisher not identified]
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1669245136
AB In this article, we outline the development and validation of an instrument for the assessment of attitudes towards religious diversity. The instrument uses four parallel scales, which evaluate attitudes towards Muslims, Christians, Jews and towards Non-religious people. Each scale is subdivided into eight parallel profile types and tests for the acceptance of six levels of social proximity. Drawing on a sample of 281 respondents (which include Muslims, Christians, Jews, Non-religious and Other) and employing the item response theory, we examine the reliability and validity of the instrument and present first results. We found that respondents discriminated greatly between the eight profile types and made clear distinctions with regard to the proximity of social relationships. Relative to these distinctions within each religion, differences between the four groups Muslims, Christians, Jews and Non-religious appeared minimal. These findings suggest that the results of previous research which indicate scepticism towards Islam despite general respect for religious diversity could be due to stereotyping.
NO Das Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen "Volume 41 Numbers 3-4, June-September 2019"
K1 Islamophobia
K1 Religious Diversity
K1 Anti-semitism
K1 Attitudes
K1 multidimensional item response theory
K1 Stereotype
DO 10.1080/01416200.2018.1556604