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The Psychometric Properties of the Italian Translation of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity: A Study among Catholic Adolescents |
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| Authors: | Giuseppe Crea Salvatore Ioverno Gabriele Buzzi Leslie J. Francis |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology, Salesian Pontifical University, Rome, Italy;2. Department of Clinical Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy;3. Department of Developmental and Social Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy;4. Warwick Religions &5. Education Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK |
| Abstract: | The Italian translation of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity was developed and tested among a sample of 575 young people between 16 and 17?years of age attending secular secondary schools in Rome, Italy. The data supported the unidimensionality, internal consistency reliability and construct validity of this instrument and commend it for further use in contributing to comparative empirical research within the psychology of religion. |
| Keywords: | psychology of religion attitude toward Christianity religiosity adolescents students |