Study Balswick & Balkwell (1978): study US 1976
- Public
- High school students, Georgia, USA, 1970
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1092
- Non Response
- 12%
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire completed in class
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Orthodoxy
- Our Classification
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- Operationalization
- 5-item index of closed questions rated on a 4-point scale. The respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with the folowing statements: 1. Jesus is the Divine son of God, 2. The Bible is the inspired word of God, 3. Miracles such as Jesus turning water into wine or walking on water, actually happened, 4. Jesus actually arose from the dead, 5. The Devil actually exists.
Observed Relation with Happiness
Religious orthodoxy is more strongly related to the 'expression' of happiness than to the 'feeling' of it.