Allports 1967 original scale measured individuals tendencies to be high or low in extrinsic andor intrinsic religious orientation. Daniel batson 1993 expanded the scale and added a third type of religious orientation. The current study investigated hypothesized relationships between identity status and religious orientation and antiblack and antihomosexual prejudice. Religious orientation is a foundational aspect of faith that includes a myriad of ways for approaching or avoiding religion. This scale was originally developed by gordon allport 1967. Article information, pdf download for the religious orientation scale. An evaluation of allports religious orientation scale. Among other things, they have suggested that a the intrinsic scale fails to measure a fully adaptive motivation e. Whereas allports intrinsic religious orientation was positively related to internalized extrinsic motivation, his two extrinsic i. On the basis of this analysis a more internally con. Since the religious orientation, scale the instrument for measuring. Confirmatory factor analysis of the allport and ross religious.
The present study aimed at exploring the factorial validity of an enlarged religious orientation scale ros within an islamic context. Allport 1950 defined religious orientation on a continuum, with mature religion on one end and immature religion on the other. This concept laid the foundation of modern psychology of religion and shaped its development for a few decades. Examining spirituality and intrinsic religious orientation as. Universal population in this research consist all students of the urmia azad university, which were studying during 2012 and 20 n 250.
General design of this study considered as a descriptive and correlational method. Religious orientation measure the full scale, entitled religious orientation, is available from adi. A psychometric evaluation of the allportross ie scales in a. Theoretical orientation scale tos i have devised the theoretical orientation scale smith, 2010 to help you determine your theoretical orientation in counseling theories. The extrinsic measures extrinsic religious orientation 1967. This scale is based on the revised version by gorsuch and macpherson 1989 of the original scale by ross 1967. The religious orientation scale showed very good reliabilities. Role of religious orientation in predicting marital. In this paper, concerns are addressed regarding the validity of the quest scale introduced by batson 1976 and batson and ventis 1982. The revised intrinsicextrinsic religious orientation. An average score above 3 reflects endorsement of a meaning mindset. Religions 2016, 7, 56 3 of 10 second, the quest religious orientation gave recognition to a form of religiosity which embraces characteristics of complexity, doubt, tentativeness, and honesty in facing existential questions.
The new indices of religious orientation revised niror. Enter regression of extrinsic and intrinsic religious orientation on personality traits. Construct validation of a modified religious orientation scale within an islamic context ebrahim khodadady phd department of english language and literature dr. Reliability and validity of scores on the religious orientation scale ros are.
The life satisfaction scale for apostolic women religious lssawr was created by maria clara kreis, cdp, ph. Cognitive motivation and religious orientation sciencedirect. The ageuniversal ie scale12 the accurate measurement of an intrinsic and extrinsic orientation toward religiosity has been an ongoing rigorous psychometric investigation within. Ali shariati faculty of letters and humanities ferdowsi university of mashhad azadi roundabout mashhad, 9177948883 khorassanerazavi, iran nader bagheri ma.
Presented are the results of a factor analysis for two samples of united states students and one sample of australian students. The importance of religious orientation and purpose in. The revised intrinsicextrinsic religious orientation scale. Studies of the reliability and validity of scores on the religious orientation scale g. The religious orientation scale ros was developed by allport and ross. Allport and ross 1967 distinction between intrinsic ir and extrinsic religious orientation er originated from allports 1950 conceptualization of mature and immature religious sentiments. Social and individual religious orientations exist both.
Psychology of religion consists of the application of psychological methods and interpretive frameworks to the diverse contents of religious traditions as well as to both religious and irreligious individuals. Religious life and orientation scale 85 has been very important for my religious development. Examining spirituality and intrinsic religious orientation. The religious orientation scale includes a 10item intrinsic subscale and a 10item. Intrinsic religious orientation was improved from 8items, a. An introduction flow was first labeled and described by m. Some questionnaires, such as the religious orientation scale, relate to different religious orientations, such as intrinsic and extrinsic religiousness, referring to different motivations for religious allegiance. The extraordinary range of methods and frameworks can be helpfully summed up regarding the classic distinction between the naturalscientific and humanscientific approaches. For the 27 items, the questionnaire was crosschecked again to ensure that every item was clearly phrased in a modern everyday language and that it focused on.
The importance of religious orientation and purpose in life. There are a large number of significant correlations among the cognitive motivation and religious orientation variables. A sample of 129 pakistani university students responded to urdu versions of this new instrument along with the brief religious coping rcope scale, singleitem assessments of religious orientation and religious interest, and scales recording anxious, depressed. An intrinsically oriented person considers religion. Corresponding f ratios for paired comparisons range from 8. The intercultural sensitivity scale mean score of the participating nurses was found 82. Participants completed the spiritual wellbeing scale, age universal religious orientation scale, spiritual transcendence scale, brief cope, test anxiety inventory, and state trait anxiety inventory. The purpose of this research was to standardize the greek version of the revised intrinsicextrinsic religious orientation scale on a sample of athens inhabitants. Pdf the religious orientation scale revised among spanish. The results of the study generally supported the hypotheses that positive and negative forms of religious coping are related to positive and negative psychological adjustment to stress, respectively.
No other scale could be constructed out of the item pool that contained at least five items. Review and metaanalysis of social desirability effects. Allport and ross 1967 religious orientation scales were administered along with nine new muslimchristian religious orientation scales mcros to students in iran and the united states. The present study was conducted in china, one of the least religious countries.
How can i get access to the revised intrinsicextrinsic religious. Therefore, this study investigates whether such a relationship exists and, if so, what it looks like. Construct validation of a modified religious orientation. The internal structure of a derived, revised, and amended. With the aid of a scale to measure extrinsic and intrinsic orientation this research confirmed previous findings and added a 4th. The relationship between religious orientation, and gender. The higher the total score is, the greater the meaning mindset. The religious orientation scale revised among spanish catholic people. Presented are the results of a factor analysis for two samples of uni. To this end, several national and international pilgrims visiting the imam reza shrine in mashhad, iran, were. Religious orientation, coping strategies, and mental. Educational and psychological measurement 57 970986. Quest religious orientation scale to the argentinean context in order to account for its dimensionality and to analyze its relationship with ie age universal scale intrinsic and extrinsic orientation in a sample of 334 university students 36.
A rather different approach, taken, for example, by glock and stark 1965, has been to list different dimensions of religion rather. Intrinsic orientation refers to a mature form of religious feeling which serves as the main motivation and drives for the individuals way of life, while extrinsic orientation refers to immature faith that enables the achievement of. Universal population in this research consist all students of the urmia azad university, which were. Although the results of the cfa appear to provide general support for the unitary nature of the. Religious extrinsicness was associated with selfreported symptoms of psychological disturbance. This scale is not scientific, and i am not claiming any psychometric properties attached to this survey.
He developed the religious orientation scale ros, which included the intrinsic scale developed from the concept of mature religion and the extrinsic scale from immature religion. Pdf a scripturespecific religious orientation scale. The three religious orientations examined were intrinsic religiosity, which involves shaping. Kreis and duquesne university have been awarded a generous grant from the conrad n. An evaluation of allports religious orientation scale across. Finally, the quest scale was designed to assess the orientation to have an openended dialogue with existential questions, without reducing their complexity, combined with openness to change and positive attitudes toward religious doubts.
Meta analysis shows that one scale correlates with social desirability, but another does not, suggesting that partialing out this variance is not recommended. Pdf the purpose of this research was to standardize the greek version of the revised intrinsicextrinsic religious orientation scale on a sample of. A sample of 129 pakistani university students responded to urdu versions of this new instrument along with the brief religious coping rcope scale, singleitem assessments of religious orientation and religious interest, and scales recording anxious, depressed, and hostile. Discussion the present study attempted to adapt and validate the urdu version of religious orientation scale by pakistani muslims. Intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest religious orientation allports e. Measurement of religiosityspirituality in adolescent. Pdf development and validation of an islamic religious. Religious orientation, coping strategies, and mental health. The identity status paradigm has some obvious common ground with the religious orientation paradigm, but surprisingly, there has been very little empirical investigation into the relationship of identity status and religious commitment.
Personality traits, religious orientation and happiness. Perspective of selfdetermination theory and wulffs social cognitive model bart neyrinck department of psychology. Predicting happiness from personality traits and religious orientation step3. Applying the third step of the simultaneous hierarchical regression, all variables were entered together to predict the happiness. Updating allports and batsons framework of religious. It measures the general intensities of five theoretical defined core. Commitment is the most easily identifiable trait of religious orientation but the underpinnings of why the individual is committed often manifest in. Religious orientation has been a milestone in psychology of religion, during the last forty years, at least. Pdf the centrality of religiosity scale crs semantic. The internal structure of a derived, revised, and amended measure of the religious orientation scale. Religious orientation and its relationship to suicidality.
The core problem of the concept is why religiosity can. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between religious orientation intrinsicexternal and cognitive distortions. Life satisfaction scale for apostolic women religious. Religious orientation scale n 4 allport and ross religious orientation scale allport and ross 1967 was developed to examine an individuals intrinsic i. Considering indices such as dynamism and complexity of modern societies, advances in psychology science, and increasing growth of spiritual needs of human against physical ones, also with respect to increasing rate of divorce in iran, current research was done in order to study the relationship between religious orientation and marital adjustment and psychological wellbeing. Pdf the revised intrinsicextrinsic religious orientation scale in. The present study recently, we examined the effects of religious orientation and spiritual activities on purpose in life and subjective wellbeing among 122 older. Regression analyses found that existential wellbeing as measured by the spiritual well being scale was the best predictor of reduced anxiety. Identity status, religious orientation, and prejudice. The ageuniversal ie scale 12 the accurate measurement of an intrinsic and extrinsic orientation toward religiosity has been an ongoing rigorous psychometric investigation within the psychology of religion for over 30 years. Some have wondered whether this scale might be more a measure of agnosticism, of antiorthodoxy, of sophomoric religious doubt, or of religious conflict, if indeed, it is a measure of anything religious at all. Research note a psychometric evaluation of the allportross ie scales in a religiously heterogeneous sample vicky genia psychometric analysis confirmed that the allportross religious orientation scale measures three distinct dimensions of religiousness. Religious as quest and its relationship with intrinsic and. The pakistani religious coping practices scale was created to specifically record muslim religious approaches to coping.
For these items, please reverse the score such that 1 becomes 5, 2 becomes 4, etc. Development, refinement, and validation of a brief scale for research and counseling. The current approach and scale builds on the religious orientation scale concept by adding items to assess social intrinsic religiosity, thereby combining the important work from decades of research in the intrinsicextrinsic religiosity. An investigation of the relationship between intercultural. Structural validity and internal consistency of a 21item model english. The centrality of religiosity scale crs is a measure of the centrality, importance or salience of religious meanings in personality that has been applied yet in more than 100 studies in sociology of religion, psychology of religion and religious studies in 25 countries with in total more than 100,000 participants. The significant relationships between religious orientation, depression and sociocultural control variables 170 7. A psychometric evaluation of the religious orientation scale is reported in order to address a flaw in the existing literature.
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