Abstract
In the last 50 years, measures of religious constructs have been the subject of much scientific attention. Cross-cultural considerations necessitate that empirical claims on assessments about religion are validated by local data. While religion is typically viewed in terms of spirituality and religiosity, recent empirical studies indicate a shift in the interpretation of these dimensions in a more diffused and relaxed appreciation. Building up from these developments, in the present research, we develop and test the structure and reliability of a scale to assess students’ attitudes towards religion. Using a sample (n = 2733) of college students from two provincial universities in the Philippines, we employed data reduction techniques to understand the underlying factor structure. The results showed a three-factor measure of attitudes towards religion.
Highlights
Poll surveys in the Philippines often assess attitudes towards religion in terms of religiosity and spirituality
We considered that our measure (FSAR scale) reflect students’ articulated ideas while carefully weighing scholarly discussions on the matter to address some of the cultural peculiarities of the measure (Hill and Maltby 2009)
The results brought us into underlying factors fraught with traditional attitude components towards religion: Belief towards the institution, Affective response to God, and Behavioral aspects of belief
Summary
Poll surveys in the Philippines often assess attitudes towards religion in terms of religiosity and spirituality. These studies favor the impression that religion is essentially about faith and practice. In a recent national youth survey (CBCP-ECY and CEAP 2014) in the country, religiosity and religious domains is assessed to include “private practice” and “religious experience.”. These measures, are directed towards forming baseline data for population profile regarding religion rather than investigate the underlying dimensions that characterize respondents’ notions of religion. Considering the missing inquiry that provides an in-depth analysis of latent dimensions representing youth attitudes towards religion in the Philippines and in an ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) setting, the researchers
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