Article: "Faith Maturity Scale" for Chinese: A Revision and Construct Validation

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Title"Faith Maturity Scale" for Chinese: A Revision and Construct Validation
AuthorsHui, CH1
Wai Ng, EC1
Ying Mok, DS2
Ying Lau, EY1
Cheung, SF2
Issue Date2011
PublisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t775653664
CitationInternational Journal For The Psychology Of Religion, 2011, v. 21 n. 4, p. 308-322 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2011.607417
AbstractUsing a large sample of Chinese Christians (n = 2,196), we examined the internal structure, reliability, and validity of the Faith Maturity Scale (FMS). Despite its being developed in North America, and for a mainline Protestant population, the FMS was shown to have validity among non-Western, non-mainline Protestants. There is convergent validity with self-reported religious practices and a belief measure of religiosity. Our analyses also confirmed good construct validity with the Big Five personality dimensions, social axioms, attributional style, and quality of life. FMS remained associated with religious practices and high quality of life after personality was statistically controlled. Findings supported that the Chinese version of the FMS assesses the same theoretical construct as does the original scale and that the distinction between the vertical and horizontal dimensions of faith maturity is meaningful. © 2011 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
ISSN1050-8619
2011 Impact Factor: 1.639
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.037
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2011.607417
ISI Accession Number IDWOS:000299773100005
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dc.contributor.authorHui, CH
dc.contributor.authorWai Ng, EC
dc.contributor.authorYing Mok, DS
dc.contributor.authorYing Lau, EY
dc.contributor.authorCheung, SF
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-24T02:17:32Z
dc.date.available2011-05-24T02:17:32Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractUsing a large sample of Chinese Christians (n = 2,196), we examined the internal structure, reliability, and validity of the Faith Maturity Scale (FMS). Despite its being developed in North America, and for a mainline Protestant population, the FMS was shown to have validity among non-Western, non-mainline Protestants. There is convergent validity with self-reported religious practices and a belief measure of religiosity. Our analyses also confirmed good construct validity with the Big Five personality dimensions, social axioms, attributional style, and quality of life. FMS remained associated with religious practices and high quality of life after personality was statistically controlled. Findings supported that the Chinese version of the FMS assesses the same theoretical construct as does the original scale and that the distinction between the vertical and horizontal dimensions of faith maturity is meaningful. © 2011 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
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dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal For The Psychology Of Religion, 2011, v. 21 n. 4, p. 308-322 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2011.607417
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2011.607417
dc.identifier.epage322
dc.identifier.hkuros185313
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000299773100005
dc.identifier.issn1050-8619
2011 Impact Factor: 1.639
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.037
dc.identifier.issue4
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dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84859093482
dc.identifier.spage308
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/133743
dc.identifier.volume21
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t775653664
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal for the Psychology of Religion
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.title"Faith Maturity Scale" for Chinese: A Revision and Construct Validation
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong
  2. University of Macau