Dataset on the relations between religious and secular attitudes

Zira Hichy; Graziella Di Marco; Federica Sciacca

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104925

Dataset on the relations between religious and secular attitudes

Data Brief. 2019 Dec 4:28:104925. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104925. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Authors

Zira Hichy¹, Graziella Di Marco¹, Federica Sciacca¹

Affiliation

¹ University of Catania.

Abstract

This article presents data that examines the relationship between Religious orientation (Extrinsic, Intrinsic, and Quest), Religious fundamentalism, Secularism of state, Attitudes toward pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, Attitudes toward embryonic stem cells research, Attitudes toward same-sex marriage, Attitude towards adoption by same-sex couples, and Social desirability. The sample consists of 312 Italians, who completed a questionnaire containing measures of investigate construct. Participants were contacted in various places and asked to complete a questionnaire individually. Only participants who said they were Italian and Catholic were included in this dataset. All participants were informed that their responses would remain confidential. Sample demographics, descriptive statistics, and correlations among measures were provided.

Keywords: Embryos; Religious fundamentalism; Religious orientation; Same-sex marriage and parenting; Secularism of state; Social desirability.