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Attitude towards Islam: Adaptation and Initial Validation of the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity in a Sample of Israeli-Arab Muslims

Attitude towards Islam: Adaptation and Initial Validation of the Francis Scale of Attitude... © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/157361209X371528 Archive for the Psychology of Religion 31 (2009) 115-122 www.brill.nl/arp Attitude towards Islam: Adaptation and Initial Validation of the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity in a Sample of Israeli-Arab Muslims 1 Hisham Motkal Abu-Rayya a,1 and Maram Hussien Abu-Rayya b,2 a School of Psychology, Sydney University, Australia b Faculty of Education and Social Work, Sydney University, Australia Received: 20 May 2008; accepted: 15 September 2008 Summary Th e present study ascertained the validity and reliability of the Attitude towards Islam measure, modifi ed from Francis’s short version (7-items) Scale of Attitude towards Christianity (Francis, 1978). 443 Arab Muslims from high schools and colleges in Israel with an age range of 17-38 years participated in the study. Factor analysis revealed two dimensions of the measure, labelled experiential and judgemental, in each of the samples. Th e fi ndings also revealed high validity and reliability of the measure in the case of the whole scale and experiential dimension, and less so in the case of the judgemental dimension. Keywords Attitude, Islam, validity, reliability, Arabs Advancements in examining the implications of religiosity to mental health parameters have widely relied on the Francis http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archive for the Psychology of Religion Brill

Attitude towards Islam: Adaptation and Initial Validation of the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity in a Sample of Israeli-Arab Muslims

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© 2009 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0084-6724
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10.1163/157361209X371528
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 DOI: 10.1163/157361209X371528 Archive for the Psychology of Religion 31 (2009) 115-122 www.brill.nl/arp Attitude towards Islam: Adaptation and Initial Validation of the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity in a Sample of Israeli-Arab Muslims 1 Hisham Motkal Abu-Rayya a,1 and Maram Hussien Abu-Rayya b,2 a School of Psychology, Sydney University, Australia b Faculty of Education and Social Work, Sydney University, Australia Received: 20 May 2008; accepted: 15 September 2008 Summary Th e present study ascertained the validity and reliability of the Attitude towards Islam measure, modifi ed from Francis’s short version (7-items) Scale of Attitude towards Christianity (Francis, 1978). 443 Arab Muslims from high schools and colleges in Israel with an age range of 17-38 years participated in the study. Factor analysis revealed two dimensions of the measure, labelled experiential and judgemental, in each of the samples. Th e fi ndings also revealed high validity and reliability of the measure in the case of the whole scale and experiential dimension, and less so in the case of the judgemental dimension. Keywords Attitude, Islam, validity, reliability, Arabs Advancements in examining the implications of religiosity to mental health parameters have widely relied on the Francis

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Archive for the Psychology of ReligionBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2009

Keywords: ATTITUDE; ISLAM; ARABS; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY

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