Abrahamic Religiosity Scale: development and initial validation

There are a large number of commonly used measures of religiosity, yet these measures have been developed within a specific culture or religion. Based on the commonality of Abrahamic religions (i.e., Judaism, Christianity and Islam), the present study aimed to develop an initial cross-cultural valid...

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Autores principales: Khodayarifard, Mohammad (Autor) ; Brinthaupt, Thomas M. 1958- (Autor) ; Abdollahi, Abbas (Autor) ; Afrooz, Gholamali (Autor) ; Akbari-Zardkhaneh, Saeed (Autor) ; Azarbayejani, Masood (Autor) ; Ghobary Bonab, Bagher (Autor) ; Hood, Ralph W., Jr. 1942- (Autor) ; Paknejad, Mohsen (Autor) ; Rahiminezhad, Abbas (Autor) ; Shokohi-Yekta, Mohsen (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis [2018]
En: Mental health, religion & culture
Año: 2018, Volumen: 21, Número: 9/10, Páginas: 899-909
Otras palabras clave:B Abrahamic Religions
B Psychometrics
B Scale Development
B Religiosity
B cross-cultural psychology
Acceso en línea: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Sumario:There are a large number of commonly used measures of religiosity, yet these measures have been developed within a specific culture or religion. Based on the commonality of Abrahamic religions (i.e., Judaism, Christianity and Islam), the present study aimed to develop an initial cross-cultural validation of the Abrahamic Religiosity Scale (ARS). The data were collected from 12 countries from Asia, Europe, Africa and America, and exploratory factor analysis resulted in a 35-item, one-dimensional scale. Confirmatory factor analysis yielded a 28-item with one factor. The scale showed sufficient internal consistency with an adequate alpha coefficient (α = .95). Moreover, the correlation coefficients between items and the total score of ARS ranged between .36 and .70. Therefore, the ARS may be used as a psychometrically robust measure in cross-cultural studies on religiosity. Validation of the ARS is strongly recommended within specific cultures and languages.
ISSN:1469-9737
Obras secundarias:Enthalten in: Mental health, religion & culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2018.1434495