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| Evaluation of the Religiosity in 5-D Scale | | Author(s) | Alex J Bishop, Peter Martin, Brad Courtenay |
| Journal title | Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging, vol 19, no 2, 2007 |
| Publisher | Binghamton, NY, 2007 |
| Pages | pp 87-105 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Spiritual characteristics [elderly] ; Religion ; Measurement ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The factor structure and measurement equivalence of the Religiosity in 5-D Scale (Faulkner and Delong, 1966) is evaluated. Using 262 participants from the Georgia Centenarian Study (Poon et al, 1992), analyses included exploratory factor analysis without rotation and using rotation, confirmatory factor analysis of multiple and single factor religiosity construct, the establishment of measurement equivalences across age groups. The 5-D scale maintained a one-factor construct of religiosity. Dimensions of this factor included ideology, experience, ritual and consequence. A measurement model of the religiosity construct was then established using summary scores. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed a satisfactory model of fit. Finally, measure equivalence was maintained across age groups including sexagenarians, octogenarians and centenarians. This suggests the 5-D scale to be an appropriate measure for use in ageing research. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070703209 A |
| Classmark | EX: TR: 3R: 4C: 7T |
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