Citation

Francis LJ, Lewis JM, Brown LB, Philipchalk R. J. Psychol. Christ. 1995; 14(3): 250-262.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Christian Association for Psychological Studies, Publisher Bookcrafters)

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Abstract

Investigated the relation between personality and religion among undergraduates in the UK, US, Australia and Canada. The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire and the Francis Scale of Attitudes towards Christianity were completed by 1076 Ss (106 men and 272 women in the UK, 79 men and 133 women in the US, 66 men and 189 women in Australia, and 70 men and 161 women in Canada).

RESULTS show an inverse relationship between psychoticism and religiosity within each of the 4 samples. Neither neuroticism nor extraversion was consistently either positively or negatively related to religiosity.

RESULTS suggest that the location of religiosity within Eysenck's model of personality is consistent across several ages and cultures, when the same measure of religion is employed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

Language: en

Keywords

Cross Cultural Differences; Personality Traits; Religious Beliefs