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Monday, June 13, 2022

Christian Nationalism Scale

Scale name: Christian Nationalism Scale

Scale overview: The Christian Nationalism Scale consists of six-items commonly used to examine beliefs about the US government and Christianity.

Response Type: Items are rated on a scale of agreement

1 = strongly agree

2 = agree

3 = disagree

4 = strongly disagree

5 = undecided.

Scale items

The federal government should declare the United States as a Christian nation.

The federal government should advocate Christian values.

The federal government should enforce strict separation of church and state. (reverse coded)

The federal government should allow the display of religious symbols in public spaces.

The success of the United States is part of God's plan.

The federal government should allow prayer in public schools.

Reliability: In a 2018 article, Whitehead et al. reported Cronbach’s alpha of 0.86 for the six items.

Validity: See the Factor Analysis reported by Whitehead et al. (2018) and a different analysis by Davis (2022). Several studies report predictive validity—see for example Davis (2022).

Availability: The items can be found in various sources. Such as Davis (2022). Davis traced the history of the items to Baylor Religion Survey (BRS), Wave II (2007). However, see the items on the 2005 BRS survey

Reference for the scale

Davis, N. T. (2022). The psychometric properties of the Christian nationalism scale. Politics and Religion.(unpublished draft version date 05/11/2022). Retrieved from https://psyarxiv.com/sntv7/download/?format=pdf

Whitehead, Andrew L., Perry, Samuel L. and Baker, Joseph O. 2018. “Make America Christian again: Christian nationalism and voting for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.” Sociology of Religion, 79(2), pp.147-171.

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Monday, April 11, 2022

Biblical Conservatism - A 4-item measure

Scale name: Biblical Conservatism Measure

Scale overview: The Biblical Conservatism Measure is a 4-item scale designed to assess conservative beliefs about the Bible, Koran, or Torah.

Authors: Weyand, O’Laughlin, & Bennett

Response Type: Items are rated on a 4-point Likert type scale from 1 = strongly disagree and 4 – strongly agree.

Sample item:

The Bible/Koran/Torah/other religious text is God’s word and everything will happen exactly as it says.

Psychometrics:

In the 2013 study 1, M = 10.07, SD = 3.4

Reliability: Internal consistency = .75 (Weand et al., (2013).

Validity: See how the measure performed with other measures in the full article below.

Availability: See the PsycTESTS reference for the items.

Permissions

“Test content may be reproduced and used for non-commercial research and educational purposes without seeking written permission. Distribution must be controlled.”

Other measures used in the study

Brief RCOPE (Religious coping)

Sanctification of Parenting scale

References

Weyand, C., O’Laughlin, L., & Bennett, P. (2013). Biblical Conservatism Measure [Database record]. Retrieved from PsycTESTS. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/t28364-000

Weyand, C., O'Laughlin, L., & Bennett, P. (2013). Dimensions of religiousness that influence parenting. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 5(3), 182-191. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0030627

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