Correlations between attitude toward Christianity, prayer, and church attendance among 9- to 11-yr.-olds

Psychol Rep. 2004 Feb;94(1):305-6. doi: 10.2466/pr0.94.1.305-306.

Abstract

Data provided by 150 9- to 11-yr.-old primary school pupils in England showed scores on the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity more highly correlated with (personal) prayer (r = .57) than with (public) church attendance (r = .23), providing support for the view that attitude scales access a deeper level of religiosity less contaminated by those contextual and social factors which may influence public church attendance more than personal prayer.

MeSH terms

  • Attitude*
  • Child
  • Christianity*
  • England
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Personality Inventory / statistics & numerical data
  • Psychometrics
  • Religion and Psychology*
  • Religion*
  • Reproducibility of Results