RT Article
T1 Religious Fundamentalism and Psychological Well-Being: An Italian Study
JF Journal of psychology and theology
VO 43
IS 1
SP 23
OP 33
A1 Carlucci, Leonardo
A1 Tommasi, Marco
A1 Balsamo, Michela
A1 Furnham, Adrian
A1 Saggino, Aristide
LA English
PB Sage Publishing
YR 2015
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1809028183
AB This study's aims were two-fold: to contribute to an understanding of the relationship between religious fundamentalism and psychological well-being and to test the psychometric properties of the Italian adaptation of the revised Religious Fundamentalism Scale (RFS-12; Altemeyer & Hunsberger, 2004), one of the most important instruments for assessing religious fundamentalism when it is conceptualized as a cognitive process. Confirmative factor analysis and reliability and correlational analyses were conducted on a sample of 319 Catholic undergraduate students. Findings indicate that the Italian adaptation of the Religious Fundamentalism Scale, as a one-dimensional construct, represents a valid and reliable measure of religious fundamentalism. Furthermore, results highlight the positive role that religious fundamentalism plays in promoting life satisfaction and psychological well-being.
DO 10.1177/009164711504300103