scholarly journals The relationship between psychological health and attitude toward theistic faith: An empirical enquiry among 13- to 15-year-old students

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
LESLIE J. FRANCIS
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Positive View ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Attitude Toward Christianity ◽  
Francis Scale

This study explores the relationship between psychological health and attitude toward theistic faith among 2,067 13- to 15-year-old students attending secondary schools across Wales, building upon existing empirical research which examines the association between Eysenck’s dimensional model of personality (a measure of psychological health), and the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity (a measure of affective religiosity). The participants completed the Astley-Francis Scale of Attitude toward Theistic Faith together with the abbreviated Revised Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (JEPQR-A). The data indicated that a positive attitude toward theistic faith was associated with neither higher nor lower neuroticism scores, but was associated with lower psychoticism scores. There is no evidence, therefore, to link a positive view of theistic faith with poorer levels of psychological health (in terms of higher neuroticism or higher psychoticism) among young people in Wales, and some evidence to associate a positive view of theistic faith with better levels of psychological health (in terms of lower psychoticism).

scholarly journals Christianity, Paranormal Belief and Personality: A Study among 13- to 16-year-old Pupils in England and Wales

2009 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 337-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie J. Francis ◽  
Emyr Williams ◽  
Mandy Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
Social Conformity ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Paranormal Belief ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Religiosity And Spirituality ◽  
Attitude Toward Christianity ◽  
Francis Scale

Studies concerning the changing landscapes of religiosity and spirituality in the lives of young people in England and Wales draw attention to decline in traditional religiosity and to growth in alternative spiritualities. The present study examined whether such alternative spiritualities occupy the same personality space as traditional religiosity. A sample of 2,950 13- to 16-year-old pupils attending 11 secondary schools in England and Wales completed the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity and an index of paranormal belief, alongside the abbreviated-form Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised. The data demonstrated that these two forms of belief were related in different ways to Eysenck's dimensional model of personality space. While attitude toward Christianity occupied the space defined by low psychoticism scores (tender-mindedness) and high lie scale scores (social conformity), paranormal belief was related to high psychoticism scores (toughmindedness) and was independent of lie scale scores. These findings support the view that alternative spiritualities may be associated with different personalities.

The Relationship between Personality and Religion among Undergraduate Students in Germany

2002 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 121-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie J. Francis ◽  
Hans-Georg Ziebertz ◽  
Christopher Alan Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Attitude Toward Christianity ◽  
Francis Scale

A sample of 311 undergraduate students in Germany completed German translations of the short form Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire together with the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity. The data demonstrated that psychoticism is fundamental to individual differences in religiosity, while religiosity is independent of both extraversion and neuroticism. These findings are consistent with those from a series of studies employing the same measure of religiosity among school pupils, students and adults in the UK.

scholarly journals Personality and religion among female university students in France

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Alan Lewis ◽  
Leslie J. Francis
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Inverse Relationship ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Attitude Toward Christianity ◽  
Francis Scale

Abstract: The short-form Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire was completed by 462 female university students between the ages of 18 and 30 in France, together with the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity. The findings are consistent with those from a series of studies employing the same measure of religiosity among school pupils and adults in England and Wales, thus adding to the cross-cultural evidence concerning the stability of the association between personality and religion. According to these findings there is an inverse relationship between psychoticism and religiosity, while neither neuroticism nor extraversion is either positively or negatively related to religiosity. These findings are discussed in terms of Eysenck’s theory relating personality to social attitudes and in light of discrepant findings proposed by other studies conducted among adult samples. Personalidad y religión entre los estudiantes del sexo femenino en universidades de Francia Resumen: 462 jóvenes francesas de entre 18 y 30 años cumplimentaron la forma abreviada y revisada del cuestionario de personalidad de Eysenck junto con la escala de actitudes hacia el Cristianismo de Francis. Los resultados son equivalentes a una serie de resultados de estudios utilizando la misma escala de religión entre estudiantes y adultos en Inglaterra y Gales. Según estos resultados, existe una relación inversa entre el psicoticismo y la religión, aunque ni el neuroticismo ni la extraversión tienen una relación positiva o negativa con la religión. Se habla de estos resultados en términos de la teoría de Eysenck que relaciona la personalidad con las actitudes sociales y teniendo en cuenta los resultados discrepantes propuestos por otros estudios con muestras adultas.

Religion and Personality among Religious Studies Students: A Replication

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 819-822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Fearn ◽  
Christopher Alan Lewis ◽  
Leslie J. Francis
Keyword(s):  
Religious Studies ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
General Finding ◽  
Attitude Toward Christianity ◽  
Francis Scale

To replicate the 1999 work of Francis and Fearn, 360 religious studies students between the ages of 16 and 18 years completed the abbreviated Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity. Analysis confirmed the results of Francis and Fearn and supported the general finding that scores on Psychoticism ( r = –.25), but neither those on Extraversion nor Neuroticism, were significantly associated with rated religiosity.

Personality in Assaultive and Non-Assaultive Juvenile Male Offenders

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 527-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toby Berman ◽  
Timothy Paisey
Keyword(s):  
Antisocial Behavior ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Juvenile Male ◽  
Male Offenders ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
Juvenile Males ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Property Offenses

The present study investigated the relationship between antisocial behavior and personality in 30 American juvenile males convicted of offenses including assault or confrontations with a victim, and 30 juvenile males convicted of offenses involving property without confrontation with a victim. Subjects, who were aged 14 to 17 yr. (mean 15 yr., 8 mo.) and held in detention pending sentencing, were administered the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Scale. Juveniles convicted of assaultive offenses exhibited significantly higher psychoticism, extraversion, and neuroticism scores, and lower lie scores than those convicted of property offenses. Sensation-seeking scores were significantly lower for the non-assaultive group. Results support Eysenck's description of dimensions of offenders' behavior.

Personality, Mental Health and Glossolalia

Pneuma ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.J. Francis ◽  
William K. Kay
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Men ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
General Outline ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Speaking In Tongues ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
Current Sample ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThis article reports on a survey of young men and women training for Pentecostal ministry. The survey was designed to test the relationship between glossolalia, or speaking in tongues, and personality. Personality theory, briefly outlined below, is complex and divided into several schools. For this reason it is necessary to show how findings derived from one school may be interpreted differently by another. Nevertheless, the general outline of previous work is clear. Most critically important for young men and women preparing for Pentecostal ministry is the fact that some research has questioned the mental health of those who speak in tongues. This article is able to show that, on the contrary, those who speak in tongues in the current sample under study are less neurotic than the general population. In order to demonstrate the validity of this thesis, this article will first outline the optional psychological theories of personality with their explanations of mental health and mental illness, then delineate the findings of various psychological studies of glossolalia, and finally present the results of our study of Pentecostal ministry candidates from a data analysis of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire.

Psychological Type and Attitude toward Christianity: A Replication

2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie J. Francis ◽  
Mandy Robbins ◽  
Anna Boxer ◽  
Christopher Alan Lewis ◽  
Conor McGuckin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Psychological Type ◽  
Attitude Toward Christianity ◽  
Francis Scale

A sample of 149 university students completed the Francis Psychological Type Scales together with the Francis Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity. The data indicated that university students classified as Feeling Types hold a more positive attitude toward Christianity than those classified as Thinking Types. These findings replicate the 1999 report of Jones and Francis.

PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF MIDCAREER MALE ANGLICAN CLERGY

1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie J. Francis ◽  
Paul R. Pearson
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
The Relationship

Forty male Anglican clergy completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire during mid-career development consultations. The findings that the clergy display elevated neuroticism scores and psychoticism scores no lower than men in general contradict predictions emerging from recent studies concerned with the relationship between personality and religion and suggest the need for further research.

The Relationship Between Fatigue and Personality in a Student Population

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 1357-1368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ◽  
Stepwise Regression ◽  
Chronic Fatigue ◽  
High Loading ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Arabic Version ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Fatigue Syndrome ◽  
The Relationship

To investigate the relationship between fatigue or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)-like symptoms and basic dimensions of personality, a sample of 466 Kuwaiti college students took part in the study (M age = 19.0 years, SD = 2.1). Participants completed the Arabic Scale of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ASCFS; Abdel-Khalek & Al-Theeb, 2006) and the Arabic version of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ; Abdel-Khalek & Eysenck, 1983; Eysenck & Eysenck, 1975). The ASCFS was found to be significantly and positively correlated with neuroticism and psychoticism and negatively correlated with extraversion. Two high-loading factors were extracted from both sexes and labeled “Fatigue and neuroticism versus extraversion”, and “Psychoticism versus lie”. A multiple stepwise regression was carried out and the predictors of ASCFS were found to be neuroticism and psychoticism (positive) and extraversion (negative) among men, while in women the predictors were neuroticism and psychoticism. It was concluded that high scores on neuroticism, psychoticism, and introversion may predispose people to CFS. Clinicians treating CFS could find this result useful. It is suggested that treating neurotic symptoms may ameliorate CFS symptoms.

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