Temporal stability of the francis scale of attitude toward christianity short-form: Test-retest data over one week

Psychological Reports

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 266-268

  Lewis, Christopher Alan ^a   Cruise, Sharon Mary ^a   McGuckin, Conor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; TIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHRISTIANITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20744440531     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.96.2.266-268     Document Type: Article

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