Psychological type preference of rural churchgoers

Abstract

A sample of 2,658 people attending church services in 95 congregations across the United Kingdom completed the Francis Psychological Type Scales. The data demonstrated that rural churchgoers achieve higher scores on sensing, while urban churchgoers achieve higher scores on intuition. No significant differences were found between the scores of rural churchgoers and urban churchgoers on the scales of extraversion and introversion, thinking and feeling, or judging and perceiving. It is suggested that rural churchgoers’ preference for sensing may reflect a more conservative approach to issues of faith and belief.