Reliability and Validity of the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity among U.S. Adults

1995 ◽  
Vol 76 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1243-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Alan Lewis ◽  
John Maltby
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Religious Behavior ◽  
Adult Form ◽  
Personal Belief ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Francis Scale ◽  
Cross Cultural Studies

To facilitate the use of the adult form of the Francis Scale of Attitude Towards Christianity in cross-cultural studies, the reliability and construct validity of the scale were examined among two samples of U.S. adults. Subjects completed the scale and answered questions concerning their own religious behavior and personal belief. Support was found for the reliability, unidimensionality, and construct validity of the scale among two samples of U.S. adults. Suggestions for further research are given.

Psychometric Properties of the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity among Portuguese University Students

2002 ◽  
Vol 91 (3) ◽  
pp. 995-998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Veríssimo Ferreira ◽  
Félix Neto
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
University Students ◽  
Construct Validity ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Psychometric Characteristics ◽  
Adult Form ◽  
Francis Scale ◽  
Cross Cultural Studies

To facilitate use of the adult form of the Francis Scale of Attitude Towards Christianity in cross-cultural studies, the psychometric characteristics of the translated scale were examined among 323 university students in Portugal (130 men and 193 women). Their ages ranged from 18 to 31 years. Analysis supported the unidimensionality, internal consistency, and construct validity of this scale in this sample of Portuguese university students.

The sense of obligation is culturally modulated

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Bender
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Human Populations ◽  
Cultural Group ◽  
Target Article ◽  
Sense Of Obligation ◽  
Cross Cultural Studies

Abstract Tomasello argues in the target article that, in generalizing the concrete obligations originating from interdependent collaboration to one's entire cultural group, humans become “ultra-cooperators.” But are all human populations cooperative in similar ways? Based on cross-cultural studies and my own fieldwork in Polynesia, I argue that cooperation varies along several dimensions, and that the underlying sense of obligation is culturally modulated.

The Structure of Wiggins' Interpersonal Circumplex: Cross-Cultural Studies

1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 196-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosario Martínez-Arias ◽  
Fernando Silva ◽  
Ma Teresa Díaz-Hidalgo ◽  
Generós Ortet ◽  
Micaela Moro
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
The Other ◽  
Spanish Version ◽  
Interpersonal Circumplex ◽  
Research Groups ◽  
Independent Research ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Cross Cultural Studies

Summary: This paper presents the results obtained in Spain with The Interpersonal Adjective Scales of J.S. Wiggins (1995) concerning the variables' structure. There are two Spanish versions of IAS, developed by two independent research groups who were not aware of each other's work. One of these versions was published as an assessment test in 1996. Results from the other group have remained unpublished to date. The set of results presented here compares three sources of data: the original American manual (from Wiggins and collaborators), the Spanish manual (already published), and the new IAS (our own research). Results can be considered satisfactory since, broadly speaking, the inner structure of the original instrument is well replicated in the Spanish version.

Three cross-cultural studies of subjective culture.

1968 ◽  
Vol 8 (4, Pt.2) ◽  
pp. 1-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry C. Triandis ◽  
Vasso Vassiliou ◽  
Maria Nassiakou
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Cross Cultural Studies

Methodological Issues Regarding Cross-Cultural Studies of Judgments of Facial Expressions

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Matsumoto ◽  
Hyisung C. Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Facial Expressions ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Methodological Errors ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
Facial Expressions Of Emotion ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Cross Cultural Studies

We discuss four methodological issues regarding cross-cultural judgment studies of facial expressions of emotion involving design, sampling, stimuli, and dependent variables. We use examples of relatively recent studies in this area to highlight and discuss these issues. We contend that careful consideration of these, and other, cross-cultural methodological issues can help researchers minimize methodological errors, and can guide the field to address new and different research questions that can continue to facilitate an evolution in the field’s thinking about the nature of culture, emotion, and facial expressions.

Gender, Family Norms, and Male-Factor Infertility in Japan: An Analysis of Internet Blogs

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (14) ◽  
pp. 3713-3731
Author(s):  
Kimiko Tanaka ◽  
Nan E. Johnson ◽  
Deborah Lowry
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Male Infertility ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Male Factor Infertility ◽  
Male Factor ◽  
Japanese Male ◽  
Family Norms ◽  
Cross Cultural Studies

This study analyzes blogs about male-factor infertility posted on a Japanese blogsite on a certain day in April 2014. It focuses on an understudied topic and is the first study of Japanese male infertility based on blogs. The blog format afforded anonymity to the bloggers, and our sample of 97 adults yields the largest number of individual respondents of all cross-cultural studies cited in our literature review. We extract three major themes from the analysis of the blogs, offer suggestions for a redirection of family and infertility policy in Japan, and suggest lines for further research.

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