RT Article
T1 Psychological Type and Religious Affect: A Study among Adolescent Baptists in Canada
JF Journal of youth and theology
VO 22
IS 2
SP 173
OP 189
A1 Francis, Leslie J. 1947-
A1 Fawcett, Bruce G.
A1 McKenna, Ursula
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1869660951
AB A sample of 299 young people between the ages of 12 and 18 attending a week-long summer youth programme sponsored by the Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada completed the Adolescent form of the Francis Psychological Type Scales together with the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity. The data demonstrated that a more positive attitude toward Christianity was associated with a preference for feeling (rather than thinking) and with a preference for judging (rather than perceiving), and that retention rates were lower for extraverts and for intuitive types. The article concludes by recommending psychological type awareness courses within youth ministry training programmes to enhance understanding attrition and retention of young people within Christian activities.
K1 Religion
K1 attitude toward Christianity
K1 psychological type
K1 Personality
DO 10.1163/24055093-bja10035