Filipino college students’ attitudes towards religion: An analysis of the underlying factors
College
College of Liberal Arts
Department/Unit
Theology and Religious Education
Document Type
Article
Source Title
Religions
Volume
9
Issue
3
Publication Date
3-17-2018
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. © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland,
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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)
10.3390/rel9030085
Recommended Citation
Baring, R. V., Sarmiento, P., Sibug, N., Lumanlan, P., Bonus, B., Samia, C., & Reysen, S. (2018). Filipino college students’ attitudes towards religion: An analysis of the underlying factors. Religions, 9 (3) https://doi.org/10.3390/rel9030085
Disciplines
Religion
Keywords
College students—Religious life--Philippines; College students—Philippines—Attitudes
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