Attitudes Toward Religion Scale: development and initial psychometric evaluation among Chinese college students

The Attitudes Toward Religion Scale (ATRS) was developed to access the level of interest in and position toward the five state-approved religions in China. Data were analysed across two samples of Chinese college students. With Sample 1 (N = 278), exploratory factor analyses were used to select the...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:  
Bibliographische Detailangaben
VerfasserInnen: Wang, Kenneth T. (Verfasst von) ; Cao, Yanmei (Verfasst von) ; Johnson, Austin M. (Verfasst von) ; Parsley, Allison (Verfasst von) ; Xie, Zhongyao (Verfasst von) ; Zhang, Li (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Verfügbarkeit prüfen: HBZ Gateway
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Veröffentlicht: [2019]
In: Journal of beliefs and values
Jahr: 2019, Band: 40, Heft: 1, Seiten: 104-121
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B China / Student / Religion / Einstellungsforschung
IxTheo Notationen:AE Religionspsychologie
AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
KBM Asien
weitere Schlagwörter:B Attitude
B China
B Religion
B Scale Development
Online-Zugang: Volltext (Resolving-System)
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:The Attitudes Toward Religion Scale (ATRS) was developed to access the level of interest in and position toward the five state-approved religions in China. Data were analysed across two samples of Chinese college students. With Sample 1 (N = 278), exploratory factor analyses were used to select the 10 ATRS items corresponding to two factors: Interest and Position. With Sample 2, confirmatory factor analyses (N = 270) cross-validated the two-factor oblique model as well as a bifactor model. Cronbach alphas of ATRS subscale scores in the two samples ranged from .75 to .85. ATRS-Interest and Position were both positively associated with number of close relationships with religious people. In addition, negative attitudes toward religion was associated with being religiously proselytised by strangers. Moreover, female students reported more favourable attitudes toward religion compared to their male counterparts. The overall results support ATRS as a psychometrically strong and promising measure.
ISSN:1469-9362
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2018.1488482