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The Association Between Church Attendance and Psychological Health in Northern Ireland: A National Representative Survey Among Adults Allowing for Sex Differences and Denominational Difference
This study extends previous research concerning the association between religion and psychological health in six ways: (1) by focusing clearly on religious attendance (church attendance); (2) by employing a ro...
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A Psychometric Evaluation of the Measure of Prayer Experience (Richards, 1991)
Recently there has been an increased interest in the use of prayer as a measure of religiosity within empirical research. Additionally, there has been a departure from the use of single-item measures of prayer...
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Leslie J. Francis and Jeff Astley, Psychological Perspectives on Prayer Herefordshire, UK: Gracewing, 2001, 392 Pages, 0 85244 518 0
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Temporal stability of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity: Test-retest data over five weeks
Recently Lewis, Cruise, and Mc Guckin (2005) have reported on the test-retest reliability of the 7-item version of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity; however, their study was limited. The prese...
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The Impact of Personality and Religion on Attitudes toward Alcohol among 16–18 Year Olds in Northern Ireland
Background: Previous research demonstrates a negative relationship between attitude toward alcohol and religiosity. However, what is less apparent is if this relationship may, at least in part, be a function of i...
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Reliability and Validity of a French Translation of a Short Scale of Attitude Toward Christianity
The reliability and validity of a French translation of the 7-item short form of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity was examined among a sample of 462 female French university students. Analysis...
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Predictors of Nonpathological Dissociation in Northern Ireland: The Affects of Trauma and Exposure to Political Violence
Recent work has identified an empirical distinction between pathological and nonpathological dissociation. This study examined the correlates of nonpathological dissociation in a Northern Irish sample. The Dis...
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The Relationship Between Religion and Happiness Among German Students
A sample of 331 students completed German editions of the Oxford Happiness Inventory and the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity, together with the short form Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnair...
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Church Attendance and Happiness Among Northern Irish Undergraduate Students: No Association
Robbins and Francis (1996) note that the relationship between religiosity and happiness varies according to the precise measures used and the samples studied. To further explore the association between religio...
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The Santa Clara Strength of Religious Faith Questionnaire: Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Within contemporary psychology there is increasing interest in the role of religion on behaviour and psychological functioning. Such interest can be attested to by the growth in the number of pertinent books a...
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Cleanliness Is Next to Godliness: Religiosity and Obsessiveness
Within the field of psychology of religion there has been increasing interest to test established theoretical perspectives with empirical data. One such initiative is concerned with examining theories derived ...