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Temporal stability of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity: Test-retest data over five weeks

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Recently Lewis, Cruise, and Mc Guckin (2005) have reported on the test-retest reliability of the 7-item version of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity; however, their study was limited. The present aim was to evaluate the temporal stability of both the 24- and 7-item versions of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity over a five-week period among a sample of 114 Irish undergraduate university students. Data demonstrated that stability across the two administrations was very high for both the 24- (r = .95) and 7-item (r = .94) versions. These data support the short-term test-retest reliability of both the 24- and 7-item versions of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Dublin Business School of Arts, South William St, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland

    Conor Mc Guckin

  2. School of Psychology, University of Ulster at Magee College, Northland Road, Derry, BT48 7JL, Northern Ireland, UK

    Sharon Mary Cruise & Christopher Alan Lewis

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Mc Guckin, C., Cruise, S.M. & Lewis, C.A. Temporal stability of the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity: Test-retest data over five weeks. Pastoral Psychol 54, 555–559 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-006-0023-4

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