RESEARCH: "Intrinsic Religious Orientation Among Minorities in the United States: A Research Note"
We developed and tested a refined version of the intrinsic religious orientation (IRO) component of the Religious Orientation Scale (ROS) using a lay sample of 4 minority ethnic groups (African Americans, Asian Americans, Filipinos, and Latinos) that are collectively now an increasing proportion of...
| Published in: | The international journal for the psychology of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2006
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Summary: | We developed and tested a refined version of the intrinsic religious orientation (IRO) component of the Religious Orientation Scale (ROS) using a lay sample of 4 minority ethnic groups (African Americans, Asian Americans, Filipinos, and Latinos) that are collectively now an increasing proportion of the population of the United States. We explored whether IRO is affected by ethnicity, religious affiliation, and gender, and also whether levels of IRO have implications for psychological acculturation of minority groups into White, Anglo American culture and alienation from society. Ethnicity, religious affiliation, and gender explained 41% of the variation of IRO. Relative to Asian Americans, African Americans and Filipinos were more likely to be intrinsically religious. In comparison to those who had no religious preference, Roman Catholics, Protestants, and Evangelical Christians were more likely to be intrinsically religious. Women showed a higher level of IRO than did men. IRO, in turn, was negatively correlated with psychological acculturation and positively correlated with alienation. The negative correlation between IRO and psychological acculturation held true for Asian Americans and African Americans, and the positive correlation between IRO and alienation applied to Asian Americans. |
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| ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr1601_5 |