在纵向二次数据集中测量宗教信仰:比较英国队列研究 (ALSPAC) 中的单项测量与验证规模的比较
Jimmy Morgan1, Isaac Halstead1, Jean Golding1
1Centre for Academic Child Health, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, England, UK.
Wellcome open research
|October 16, 2025
概括
在ALSPAC研究中验证的宗教性测量并不总是按预期工作. 单项宗教性指标形成了广泛的信仰和行为因素,而不是特定的尺寸.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 许多研究使用单项变量来衡量宗教性,缺乏关于它们如何映射到理论构造的清晰度.
- 艾文的父母和儿童长度研究 (ALSPAC) 越来越多地将验证的问卷,如DUREL和I/EMSS,与单项措施相结合.
- 了解宗教度量的心理测量特性对于准确的研究结果至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估是否验证的宗教性措施 (DUREL,I/EMSS) 在ALSPAC队列中发挥了预期的作用.
- 确定单项宗教性指标与宗教性的假设维度之间的关系.
- 为使用ALSPAC.ALSPAC.宗教数据的研究人员提供指导.
主要方法:
- 在ALSPAC后代和父母的20个宗教项目上使用了探索性因子分析.
- 分析包括:i) 预先验证的DUREL和I/EMSS措施,ii) 所有20个宗教性措施,以及iii) 预先验证和单项措施的组合.
- 来自两代ALSPAC的数据进行了比较,以确保一致性.
主要成果:
- 预先验证的措施显示了一些偏离预期的因子结构;内在项目加载在一起,但外在项目往往没有.
- 单项宗教性指标与特定的假设维度没有很好地协调.
- 单项指标汇聚到两个更广泛的因素:基于信仰和基于行为的宗教性.
结论:
- 经过验证的宗教性测量可能不如ALSPAC研究预期的一致表现.
- 在ALSPAC中,单项宗教性测量并不清楚地映射到特定的理论维度.
- 这些发现增强了对ALSPAC宗教数据的理解,并为未来的分析提供了信息.
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