Religion and personality among religious studies students: a replication

Michael Fearn; Christopher Alan Lewis; Leslie J Francis

doi:10.2466/pr0.2003.93.3.819

Religion and personality among religious studies students: a replication

Michael Fearn, Christopher Alan Lewis, Leslie J Francis

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Abstract

To replicate the 1999 work of Francis and Fearn, 360 religious studies students between the ages of 16 and 18 years completed the abbreviated Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity. Analysis confirmed the results of Francis and Fearn and supported the general finding that scores on Psychoticism (r =-.25), but neither those on Extraversion nor Neuroticism, were significantly associated with rated religiosity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	819-822
Number of pages	4
Journal	British Journal of Psychology
Volume	93
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.2003.93.3.819
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2003
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescent
Female
Humans
Male
Personality
Psychotic Disorders/diagnosis
Religion
Students/psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires

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