Temporal stability of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity short-form among 10- to 12-year-old English children: test-retest data over 15 weeks

Recently three studies have reported on the test-retest reliability of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity; however, these studies were limited to comparatively small samples (Ns = 39, 114, 58). The present study examined the temporal stability of the 7-item version of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity over a 15-week period among a sample of 581 English children aged between 10 and 12 years. Data demonstrated that stability across the two administrations was very high (r =.79); however, there was a significant change in mean scores between Time 1 and Time 2.