A psychometric evaluation of Poloma and Pendleton's () Measure of Prayer Experience
Recently there has been an increased interest in the use of prayer as a measure of religiosity within empirical research. Additionally, there has been a departure from the use of single‐item measures of prayer frequency. One such departure has been the development of the Measure of Prayer Experience...
| Published in: | Journal of beliefs and values |
|---|---|
| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Routledge
2010
|
| In: |
Journal of beliefs and values
|
| Further subjects: | B
prayer experience
B Ireland B Exploratory Factor Analysis |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | Recently there has been an increased interest in the use of prayer as a measure of religiosity within empirical research. Additionally, there has been a departure from the use of single‐item measures of prayer frequency. One such departure has been the development of the Measure of Prayer Experience by M.M. Poloma and B.F. Pendleton in 1991, which uses five items to measure experiences during prayer. The present study provided a factor analytical evaluation of the Measure of Prayer Experience, including an examination of the reliability of the scale, to supplement limited existing data. The measure was administered among a sample of 518 Irish respondents. The scale was found to be reliable, and exploratory factor analysis revealed that it was also unidimensional. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1469-9362 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13617671003666811 |