Assessing pupils' attitudes towards religious and worldview diversity - development and validation of a nuanced measurement instrument

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 int...

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Authors: Hermisson, Sabine 1971- (Author) ; Wilson, Mark W. 1949- (Author) ; Gochyyev, Perman (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: [publisher not identified] 2019
In: British Journal of religious education
Year: 2019, 卷: 41, 发布: 4, Pages: 371-387
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B 宗教多元主义 / 多元社会 / 世界观 / 认命 / Probabilistische Testtheorie
IxTheo Classification:CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
Further subjects:B Religious Diversity
B Anti-semitism
B Attitudes
B Stereotype
B Islamophobia
B multidimensional item response theory
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总结: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.
Item Description:Das Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen "Volume 41 Numbers 3-4, June-September 2019"
ISSN:1740-7931
Contains:Enthalten in: British Journal of religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/01416200.2018.1556604