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The Scale Properties of the Adolescent Form of the Francis Psychological Type Scales (FPTSA) Among Canadian Baptist Youth

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A sample of 755 religiously committed young people between the ages of 12 and 18 attending Tidal Impact (a weeklong youth mission and service event sponsored by the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches in Eastern Canada) completed a trial 80-item form of the Francis Psychological Type Scales designed for use among adolescents. These data were employed to refine four ten-item forced-choice scales to distinguish between preferences for the two orientations (extraversion and introversion), the two perceiving processes (sensing and intuition), the two judging processes (thinking and feeling) and the two attitudes (judging and perceiving). The scale properties of the new instrument commend the 40-item Adolescent form of the Francis Psychological Type Scales (FPTSA) for future use.

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  1. Acadia Divinity College, Acadia University, 31 Horton Avenue, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, B4P 2R6

    Bruce G. Fawcett

  2. University of Warwick, Coventry, UK

    Leslie J. Francis & Mandy Robbins

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Fawcett, B.G., Francis, L.J. & Robbins, M. The Scale Properties of the Adolescent Form of the Francis Psychological Type Scales (FPTSA) Among Canadian Baptist Youth. Pastoral Psychol 60, 201–216 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11089-010-0324-5

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