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Religious Involvement Measurement Model in a National Sample of African Americans |
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| Authors: | David L. Roth Isaac Mwase Cheryl L. Holt Eddie M. Clark Susan N. Lukwago Matthew W. Kreuter |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 327 Ryals Building, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA;(2) Department of Philosophy, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL, USA;(3) Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA;(4) Department of Psychology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, USA;(5) Seward County Health Department, Liberal, KS, USA;(6) George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA |
| Abstract: | This study examined the factor structure of a brief measure of religious involvement developed previously in research with African American women. Telephone interview methods were used with a national sample of both African American women and men (N = 2,370). Confirmatory factor analyses supported the distinction between religious beliefs and religious behaviors factors and indicated that the factor loadings were equivalent for women and men. Women reported higher levels of religious involvement than men. These results support the validity of this relatively brief instrument for assessing these two dimensions of religious involvement for both African American women and men. |
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