Assessment
name: Islamic Doctrinal Orthodoxy (IDO)
Scale
overview: The
Islamic Doctrinal Orthodoxy (IDO) scale is an eight-item self-report measure of
Islamic beliefs (Ji & Ibrahim, 2007).
Authors: Ji & Ibrahim
Response
Type: Participants rate
the items on a 9-point scale of agreement.
Scale
items: The authors (Ji
& Ibrahim, 2007b) reported two factors: Cognitive-Abstract Orthodoxy (CAO)
and Ritualistic-Judgmental Orthodoxy (RJO).
The items
assess agreement with Islamic teachings on Allah, Mohammed the Prophet, the Koran,
the five pillars of Islam, and the last judgment.
Examples
CAO: “I
believe there is no other God but Allah”
RJO: “Salah
is crucial to the life of a Muslim”
Psychometric
properties
Overall
alpha was high at .90 (Ji & Ibrahim, 2007a). The alpha levels for the subscales
were also high (Ji & Ibrahim, 2007b) CAO = .93 and RJO = .83.
The correlation
of the IDO with Intrinsic religiosity was low but reliable (.17). There were no
significant relationships between the IDO and measures of Extrinsic religiosity
or Quest (Ji & Ibrahim, 2007a).
Availability: The items can be found in Ji and
Ibrahim (2007a).
Resource Links:
Related resource
Assessing Spirituality & Religiosity A Handbook
Beliefs, Practices, Values, & Experiences
Resource Links:
References
for the scale
Ji, C. H. C., & Ibrahim, Y. (2007a). Islamic doctrinal
orthodoxy and religious orientations: Scale development and validation. International
Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 17, 189 –208. doi:10.1080/
10508610701402192
Ji, C. H. C., & Ibrahim, Y. (2007b). Islamic religiosity
in right-wing authoritarian personality: The case of Indonesian Muslims. Review
of Religious Research, 49, 128 –146
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