scholarly journals The Religious Orientation Scale Revised among Spanish Catholic People: Structural Validity and Internal Consistency of a 21-item Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Joaquín García-Alandete ◽  
César Rubio-Belmonte ◽  
Beatriz Soucase Lozano
Keyword(s):  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Structural Validity ◽  
Excellent Internal Consistency ◽  
Religious Orientation Scale ◽  
Good Internal Consistency ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
Quest Scale ◽  
Intrinsic Scale

The personal religious orientation understood as the motivation behind religious behaviors must be considered as the process that manages and organizes the behavior of those who are religious. Thus, identifying the dimensionality of religiosity is important (Francis, 2007; Kirkpatrick & Hood, 1990). This paper analyzed the structural validity and internal consistency of the 31-item Batson and Ventis Religious Orientation Scale. Participants were 529 Spanish Catholic undergraduates aged between 18 and 55 years, M = 21.55, SD = 4.39. A Principal Component Analysis with Equamax rotation method was performed on the ROS-31 with the randomized 50% of the sample, obtaining a 21-item three-component model (intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest religious orientations). Then, a CFA carried out with the other 50% of the sample showed an adequate fit of the obtained model, SBχ2(186) = 352.45, p < 0.01, CFI = 0.93, IFI = 0.93, RMSEA = 0.059 (CI 90% [0.049, 0.067]). The intrinsic scale showed an excellent internal consistency, the quest scale showed good internal consistency, and the extrinsic scale showed an acceptable internal consistency. Future lines of research are suggested in order to clarify the relationship between the religious orientation scales and some psychosocial variables.

scholarly journals Why some religious individuals are not emotionally smart? The explanatory role of spirituality

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Hui Wen Ng ◽  
Kususanto Ditto Prihadi
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Explanatory Role ◽  
Bootstrap Analysis ◽  
Religious Orientation Scale ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
High Level ◽  
Intrinsic Scale

<p align="left">In two studies, we intend to investigate whether spirituality can explain the relationship between intrinsic religious orientation (IRO) and emotional intelligence (EI). Seventy-three worshipping houses-going adults, aged 18-56, had participated in the study. Data was collected by employing Intrinsic Scale of Religious Orientation Scale, Spirituality Assessment Scale, and the Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test. Our first study discovered that IRO is not a significant predictor of EI. Nevertheless, Bootstrap analysis with 5000 samples and 95% interval confidence indicated that spirituality fully mediated the link between intrinsic religious orientation and emotional intelligence in our second study. In other words, without high level of spirituality one’s religious orientation does not significantly predict their emotional intelligence. Limitation and suggestion are discussed at the end of the paper. </p>

THE INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF A DERIVED, REVISED, AND AMENDED MEASURE OF THE RELIGIOUS ORIENTATION SCALE: THE ‘AGE-UNIVERSAL’ I-E SCALE – 12

1999 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Maltby
Keyword(s):  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Oblimin Rotation ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Religious Orientation Scale ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Intrinsic Scale ◽  
Psychometric Investigation ◽  
Extrinsic Orientation

The accurate measurement of an intrinsic and extrinsic orientation toward religiosity has been an on-going rigorous psychometric investigation within the psychology of religion for over 30 years. With this debate, a number of suggestions have been made to improve the measurement of Intrinsic/Extrinsic religiosity. The aim of the present study was to combine some of the suggestions made, and examine whether or not a combination of these amendments still provides a psychometrically reliable measure of intrinsic and extrinsic dimensions to religiosity. Respondents were 3090 adults and schoolchildren (1408 males, 1984 females) from the USA (N = 513), England (N = 1421), Northern Ireland (N = 839) and the Republic of Ireland (N = 468). All respondents have completed a 15-item revised and amended version of the ‘Age- Universal’ I-E scale, Principal components analysis with oblimin rotation of the items suggest a 6-item intrinsic scale and 3-item measures of extrinsic-personal and extrinsic-social religiosity dimensions. The present findings suggest a 12-item measure of intrinsic and extrinsic dimensions to religiosity (‘Age-Universal’ I-E Scale – 12) which can be used among a number of Western samples, among adults and school children, and among religious and non-religious individuals.

Personal Religious Orientation and Frankl's Will-To-Meaning in Four Religious Communities

1980 ◽  
Vol 10 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 50-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher R. Stones
Keyword(s):  
Personal Identity ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
Scale Analysis ◽  
Life Test ◽  
Religious Orientations ◽  
Mass Society ◽  
Religious Orientation Scale ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
Purpose In Life Test

Numerous theorists argue that the anomie characteristic of contemporary mass-society results in a lack of meaning and personal identity and that membership of small religious communities serves to relieve, if not eliminate, this existential vacuum. In order to explore this area further, four religious communities in Johannesburg — the Jesus People, the Hare Krishna Devotees, the Maharaj Ji Premies and a Catholic Priest community — were given the Purpose-in-Life test together with its complementary scale (Seeking-of-Noetic- Goals Test) as well as the Religious Orientation Scale. Analysis of the data confirmed the hypotheses that as a function of integration into any one of these groups individuals' lives take on greater meaning and purpose and that the motivation to seek meaning decreases. The results also indicate that members' personal religious orientations become more intrinsic.

scholarly journals A Scripture-Specific Religious Orientation Scale: Development and Validation

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 01-13
Author(s):  
Ebrahim Khodadady
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Principal Axis ◽  
Scale Development And Validation ◽  
Religious Orientation Scale ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
Principal Axis Factoring ◽  
Specific Species ◽  
Development And Validation ◽  
Selection Of

Objectives: to develop a novel religious orientation scale based on the Quran and validate it with pre-university students of secondary education Method: All the Quranic ayat which addressed its believers directly regarding their religious orientation were scrutinized in terms of pre-university students’ characteristics, resulting in the selection of 57 upon which a 60-item Quranic Orientation Scale (QOS) was developed. The scale was administered to 1123 students and their responses were subjected to Principal Axis Factoring and Promax with Kaiser Normalization (PKN). Results: Out of 60 items comprising the QOS, 48 loaded acceptably and exclusively on seven rotated factors called believing in holy scriptures,, remembering and seeking Allah, fulfilling Quranic obligations, following Allah confidently, following Quranic instructions, not befriending disbelievers, and informed Quranic struggle. Both the scale and its underlying factors had internal consistency and correlated significantly with each other. Conclusion: The Quran teaches the domain of religious orientation directly to its readers as a hierarchically and culturally independent schema consisting of specific species and genera. Pre-university student, however, not only reduce the domain as regards the number of its constituting species and genera but also develop their own religious families. Going through this process consciously they render their religious orientation a hierarchically and culturally organized schema.

scholarly journals Internal Consistency and Structural Validity of the Norwegian Translation of the Ten-Item Personality Inventory

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikkel Magnus Thørrisen ◽  
Talieh Sadeghi ◽  
Jannecke Wiers-Jenssen
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Rank Order ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Structural Validity ◽  
Cross Sectional

Background: The Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) is a validated brief instrument measuring the five-factor model (FFM) personality dimensions, developed for instances where more comprehensive FFM instruments are impractical to use. The TIPI has been translated into several languages, but psychometric properties of the Norwegian version (N-TIPI) have not been systematically explored.Objectives: This study aimed to explore the psychometric properties of the N-TIPI, in terms of internal consistency and structural validity.Methods: In a cross-sectional study, responses on the N-TIPI were collected from 5,009 Norwegian master graduates. Descriptive statistics for the subscales and correlations between subscales were calculated. Internal consistency was assessed with inter-item correlations, Cronbach’s α and Spearman-Brown coefficients. Structural validity was explored with principal component analysis, parallel analysis, and visual scree plot inspection. Results for the N-TIPI were compared with those previously reported for the original TIPI as well as the German, French, Spanish, and Portuguese versions.Results: Compared with the original and non-English versions of TIPI, results for N-TIPI showed comparable subscale rank order of means, standard deviations, and pattern of correlations between subscales, as well as inter-item correlations and Cronbach’s α. The 10 N-TIPI items were adequately reduced to five components, theoretically corresponding with the FFM personality domains.Conclusion: The N-TIPI demonstrated acceptable internal consistency and satisfactory structural validity. Although further research is warranted, the instrument stands out as feasible when it is essential to minimize participants’ response burden in studies that aim to explore personality as one among several concepts or utilize personality traits as covariates.

Forms and Degrees of Religious Commitment: Intrinsic Orientation in a Swedish Context

1996 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Hovemyr
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Religious Commitment ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Academic Environments ◽  
Religious Orientation Scale ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
Intrinsic Orientation

The psychometric properties of the revised Swedish Religious Orientation Scale (SROS II) were tested in two academic environments. Intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest orientations and their relation to self-esteem were examined. An attempt was made to identify two sub-groups within the intrinsic sphere, specified as Intrinsic-Dogmatic (ID) and Intrinsic Reflective (IR), and to validate these, tentatively, in relation to degree of conservatism, using the revised Swedish Social Attitude Scale. The subjects were undergraduate students of psychology and theology. The results suggest that forms and degrees of religious commitment can be adequately measured by SROS II. The ID - IR hypothesis was supported and previous research findings with regard to self-esteem were partially replicated.

The Relationship between Religion, Religiosity and Death Anxiety among Indian Adolescents

1984 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Mahabeer ◽  
K. Bhana
Keyword(s):  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Religious Orientation ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Religious Practices ◽  
Indian Adolescents ◽  
Religious Orientation Scale ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Male Subjects ◽  
Practical Implications

Templer's Death Anxiety Scale and the Religious Orientation Scale of the OPI were administered to 360 Indian adolescents to examine the relationship between religion and religiosity and death anxiety. Muslim subjects were found to be more death anxious than Christian and Hindu subjects. The degree of commitment to one's religious practices and beliefs did not intensify or reduce death anxiety. Further, female subjects manifested higher death anxiety than male subjects. The results are discussed in terms of their theoretical and practical implications.

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