Temporal stability of the Francis scale of attitude toward christianity among 9- To 11-year-old english children: Test-retest data over six weeks

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1081-1086

  Lewis, Christopher Alan ^a   Cruise, Sharon Mary ^a   Mc Guckin, Conor ^b   Francis, Leslie J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ireland)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude toward christianity; Children; Internal consistency; Reliability; Religion; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751438202     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2006.34.9.1081     Document Type: Article

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