This paper describes an adaptation of the Centrality Religiosity Scale to Buddhist religious tradition (CBRS) and a validation in Vietnam. The sample included data from 421 Vietnamese Buddhists (300 females, 121 males), aged 17 71 years (M=35.03, SD=13.09). results provided evidence for good psychometric properties short, intermediate, long version: CBRS-5, CBRS-10, CBRS-15 respectively. Specif...

The purpose of this study was to determine the internalization religious character values ??through learning Christian Religious Education at SD Inpres Lili. This uses a qualitative method. Data were obtained by interviewing teachers. Then data analyzed reducing and described. results indicate Lili which is based on dimensions Glock Stark religiosity, namely: belief/faith (religious belief), pr...

This study examines whether religiosity at the county level will influence the firms take over decision. I find robust evidence that firms headquartered in counties with higher levels of religiosity exhibit lower risky take over decisions. This finding is consistent with the view that religion, as a set of social norms, helps to curb risky activities by managers.

Data from 16-year-old Finnish twin pairs were used to estimate familial effects on religiosity and the modification of those effects by sex and residential region. The sample of 2265 twin boys and 2521 twin girls formed 779 monozygotic and 1614 dizygotic pairs, 785 of the same sex and 829 of opposite sex. We compared religiosity scores of twins living in more rural and traditional northern Finl...

Title of Document: AN EXPLORATION OF THE EFFECTS OF MASTERY, SELF-ESTEEM, AND RELIGIOSITY ON RECIDIVISM AMONG EX-PRISONERS Jill Lynn Farrell, Ph.D., 2009 Directed By: Professor Doris L. MacKenzie Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice While prior research has highlighted the importance of social factors for reentry and recidivism, several criminologists have pointed out that an individu...

CONTEXT Spirituality, religiosity, and spiritual pain may affect advanced cancer patients' symptom expression, coping strategies, and quality of life. OBJECTIVES To examine the prevalence and intensity of spirituality, religiosity, and spiritual pain, and how spiritual pain was associated with symptom expression, coping, and spiritual quality of life. METHODS We interviewed 100 advanced can...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that results in degeneration of motor neurons of the cerebral cortex, the brainstem, and the spinal cord. Also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, ALS has no conclusive etiology and no known cure. The disease is ultimately fatal within approximately 3 to 5 years and robs individuals of all physical functions while leavin...

OBJECTIVES Religion plays an important role in the lives of people in the United States. We examined the prevalence of religiosity among Hispanic/Latinos in four regions of the United States and looked at its correlation to depression and anxiety symptoms. DESIGN The population-based Hispanic Community Health Study/ Study of Latinos enrolled a cohort of Hispanic/Latino adults (N = 16,415) age...