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Publication Date: 2007
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The Relationship between Psychological Health and Attitude toward Christianity among Pupils Aged 11 to 15 Years in England
Francis, Leslie J.; Burton, Linda
Journal of Research on Christian Education, v16 n1 p83-102 2007
Advocates of the secularization thesis describe radical decline in the significance of the Christian tradition among young people in England. In this context, a sample of 5,808 pupils age 11 to 15 years provided data about their religious identity and practice and completed the short-form Revised Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (as a measure of psychological health) and the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity (as a measure of their affective commitment to the Christian tradition). The data showed that half of the pupils retained some connection with the Christian tradition and that a positive attitude toward Christianity was associated both with lower psychoticism scores and with higher neuroticism scores. There is evidence, therefore, to link a positive view of Christianity with some indicators of better psychological health (lower psychoticism) and with some indicators of poorer psychological health (higher neuroticism). (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Mental Health, Christianity, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Measures (Individuals), Neurosis, Religious Factors, Beliefs, Correlation, Psychosis, Scores, Preadolescents
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Eysenck Personality Inventory
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