Temporal stability of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity short-form among 10- to 12-year-old English children: Test-retest data over 15 weeks

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 259-267

  Lewis, Christopher Alan ^c   Cruise, Sharon Mary ^a   Lattimer, Bill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Christian Research   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Attitude toward Christianity; Children; Internal consistency reliability; Religion; Temporal stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449094046     PISSN: 00846724     EISSN: 15736121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/008467207X188856     Document Type: Article

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