THE INVENTORY OF EMOTIONS TOWARDS GOD (EtG): PSYCHOLOGICAL VALENCES AND THEOLOGICAL ISSUES
An inventory that measures emotions towards God (EtG) proves to be valid. The inventory consists of 16 items that cover emotions that subjects most likely experience in relation to God. The factorial structure of the inventory is described, and the inventory is validated by exploring correlations wi...
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| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
2010
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Review of religious research
Year: 2010, Volume: 52, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-40 |
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| Summary: | An inventory that measures emotions towards God (EtG) proves to be valid. The inventory consists of 16 items that cover emotions that subjects most likely experience in relation to God. The factorial structure of the inventory is described, and the inventory is validated by exploring correlations with a number of conceptually close and remote variables. The results show that the EtG is a short and valid measure with two orthogonal factors (positive and negative emotions) that represent the psychological valence of different emotions towards God. Each factor is comprised of three inter-correlated components that refer to specific emotional qualities that are related to corresponding theological issues. The two main scales have sound psychometric properties and show discriminant and convergent validity and are moderately associated with conceptually related constructs, like dispositional affect and experiential dimensions of religiosity. They do not correlate with distant constructs such as personality dimensions. The EtG is a feasible instrument that can be used to screen basic emotional tendencies towards God. The dimension of negative emotions towards God is of special interest because of its low correlation with general religiosity and potential use in counselling. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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