Document Type
Article
Department or Administrative Unit
Psychology
Publication Date
9-28-2017
Abstract
The Commitment-Reflectivity Circumplex (CRC) model is a structural model of religious orientation that was designed to help organize and clarify measurement of foundational aspect of religiousness. The current study successfully replicated the CRC model using multidimensional scaling, and further evaluated the reliability, structure, and validity of their measures in both a university student sample (Study 1) and a nationally representative sample (Study 2). All 10 subscales of the Circumplex Religious Orientation Inventory (CROI) demonstrated good reliability across both samples. A two-week test-retest of the CROI showed that the subscales are stable over time. A confirmatory factor analysis of the CROI in the representative adult sample demonstrated good model fit. Finally, the CROI’s validity was examined in relation to the Intrinsic, Extrinsic and Quest measures. Overall, the CROI appears to clarify much of the ambiguity inherent in the established scales by breaking down what were very broad orientations into very specific suborientations. The results suggest that the CRC model is applicable for diverse populations of adults. In addition, the CROI appears to be construct valid with good structural and psychometric properties across all 10 subscales.
Recommended Citation
Isaak, S., James, J., Radeke, M., Krauss, S., Schuler, K., & Schuler, E. (2017). Assessing Religious Orientations: Replication and Validation of the Commitment-Reflectivity Circumplex (CRC) Model. Religions, 8(10), 208. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel8100208
Journal
Religions
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Comments
This article was originally published Open Access in Religions. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.