Intrinsic/Extrinsic Measurement: I/E-Revised and Single-Item Scales

Gorsuch, Richard L.; McPherson, Susan

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“…Religious affiliation was reported prior to 9/11 by 77% of respondents (n = 1071), and attendance by 67% (n = 926). In addition, at Wave 1 all respondents completed a two-item measure of intrinsic religious motivation (Gorsuch & McPherson, 1989), which had good internal consistency (α = .83, r = .61). Before 9/11, 35% of our sample (n = 477) completed a Knowledge Networks-administered political profile survey that included political affiliation (1 = Strong Republican; 4 = Undecided/Independent/Other; 7 = Strong Democrat).…”

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Finding social benefits after a collective trauma: Perceiving societal changes and well‐being following 9/11

Poulin

Silver

Gil‐Rivas

et al. 2009

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Individuals frequently perceive positive changes in themselves following adversity; after a collective trauma, they may perceive such benefits in others or in their society as well. We examined perceived benefits of the September 11, 2001 (9/11) terrorist attacks in a 3‐year study of a national sample of adults (N = 1382). Many individuals (57.8%) perceived social benefits of 9/11, including increased prosocial behavior, religiousness, or political engagement. Individuals who found increased national religiosity as a benefit 2 months post‐9/11 reported greater positive affect and life satisfaction and lower distress and posttraumatic stress up to 3 years post‐9/11. Pre‐9/11 religiousness and Republican political affiliation predicted perceiving religion‐related social benefits post‐9/11. Perceptions of social change are important but understudied responses to stressful events.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Finding social benefits after a collective trauma: Perceiving societal changes and well‐being following 9/11

Poulin

Silver

Gil‐Rivas

et al. 2009

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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“…Also a 14-item measure befitting the level of the respondents was drawn from commonly used assessments such as frequency of attendance at religious services, importance of religion (Miller & Gur 2002;Rostosky, Wilcox, Wright & Randall 2004) and the private-public dimensions of religiosity along the lines of the intrinsic-extrinsic orientations (Gorsuch & McPherson 1989). Reliable sources consulted include those used in studies in Africa and US (Fetzer Institute 1999;Odimegwu 2005) and consistent with the 10-item Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire (Plante & Boccaccini 1997).…”

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Adolescent religiosity and attitudes to HIV and AIDS in Ghana

Amoako-Agyeman¹

2012

SAHARA-J: Journal of Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS

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This study investigated the relationships between adolescent religiosity and attitudes to HIV/AIDS based on two major techniques of analysis, factor and regression analysis towards informing preventive school education strategies. Using cross-sectional data of 448 adolescents in junior high school, the study incorporated survey in a self-administered questionnaire and sought to identify underlying factors that affect pupils' responses, delineate the pattern of relationships between variables and select models which best explain and predict relationships among variables. A seven-factor solution described the 'attitude' construct including abstinence and protection, and six for 'religiosity'. The results showed relatively high levels of religiosity and a preference for private religiosity as opposed to organisational religiosity. The regression analysis produced significant relationships between factors of attitudes to HIV/AIDS and of religiosity. Adolescent with very high private religiosity are more likely to abstain from sex but less likely to use condoms once they initiate: protection is inversely related to religiosity. The findings suggest that religious-based adolescent interventions should focus on intrinsic religiosity. Additionally, increasing HIV prevention information and incorporating culturally relevant and socially acceptable values might lend support to improved adolescent school-based HIV/AIDS prevention programmes.Keywords: adolescent, attitudes, religiosity, HIV/AIDS, prevention, protection, Ghana RésuméCette étude a pour but de rechercher les rapports entre la religiosité des adolescents et leur attitude envers le VIH/SIDA basée sur deux techniques d'analyse en l'occurrence celle du facteur et de la régression dans le but d'établir une stratégie d'éducation préventive en milieu scolaire. Des données croisées portant sur 448 adolescents collégiens on été obtenu a travers une enquête basée sur des questionnaires auto-administrées. L'enquête était désignée à identifier les facteurs sous-jacents affectant les réponses des élèves, délimiter le motif des relations existantes entre les variables et choisir les meilleurs modèles qui expliquent et prédiquent mieux les relations entre ces différent variables. Un sept-facteur solution décrirait le comportement construis comprenant l'abstinence et la protection tandis que un six-facteur solution attribue a la religiosité. Les résultats ont montré un degré relativement élevé de religiosité et une préférence pour une religiosité discrète opposée à celle d'organisation. L'analyse de régression a identifié une relation significative entre les facteurs de comportement orienté sur le VIH/SIDA et la religiosité. L'adolescent ayant une religiosité discrète et privée est plus susceptible de s'abstenir de rapport sexuel mais moins susceptible d'utiliser les condoms une fois initié: la protection est inversement liée à la religiosité. Les résultats suggèrent que les interventions par rapport aux adolescents religieux doivent être centrées sur la religiosité i...

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“…In this study, it was assessed using a modified twoitem Intrinsic subscale of the 9-item Religious Orientation Scale (Gorsuch and McPherson 1989): ''My whole approach to life is shaped by my spiritual or religious beliefs'' and ''I try hard to live all my life according to my religious or spiritual beliefs''), assessed on a 5-point scale ranging from 1 ''strongly disagree'' to 5 ''strongly agree.'' This scale exhibited excellent reliability (a = .83).…”

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confidence: 99%