The Age Universal I-E Scale-12 and orientation toward religion: confirmatory factor analysis

J Psychol. 2002 Sep;136(5):555-60. doi: 10.1080/00223980209605550.

Abstract

Confirmatory factor analysis was used to explore the suggested 2-factor and 3-factor models of the Age Universal I-E Scale-12 among 4,160 respondents. The present findings suggested that the 3-factor model provided a better fit of the data than the 2-factor model did. The findings with this version of the Age Universal I-E Scale were consistent with recent theories that the main distinctions in intrinsic and extrinsic religious orientation comprise intrinsic, extrinsic-personal, and extrinsic-social religious dimensions.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Factor Analysis, Statistical
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ireland
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Psychological Tests*
  • Psychometrics
  • Religion and Psychology*
  • Religion*
  • United Kingdom
  • United States