Scaling Of Chinese Christian Religiosity Test And Its Correlative Research

Religion is a phenomenon of social,psychology and culture in many senses. The investigation about religion is still quite scarce in China. Especially the academic circle in our country is less regarding the investigation and study of religious psychology. So to know more about religious psychology is quite necessary from the psychology angle. Religiosity is the core study of religion, is the synthesis reflect of behavior, faith and so on. Read the massive domestic and foreign literatures firstly, and determine the dimensions of the scale: intrinsic religious orientation / extrinsic religious orientation / religious identity / religious coping / religious orthodoxy / religious behavior / religious emotion / religious experience / religious quest / GOD image, then scaled the Chinese Christianity religiosity test to be a tool for further research. The scale was edited for 3 times to get a final scale. The popularity and differentiation of all the items are quite ideal. The reliability and structural validity of this scale is good. Then analyzed the data to explore the relation between dimensions, and then to explore the relation between religiosity and self-esteem At last.Discussing the relation between the religiosity and family, the gender and the age, the conclusion shows that: The female's religiosity is higher than the male's among Christian, and the female individuals are similar, the male individuals'differences are much bigger. Christian in different ages has a remarkable difference in the religious orientation. The frequency of religious behavior has a big influence on family relationship: The more religious behavior the more harmonious in family.It also concludes that: The 10 dimensions and the whole scale have remarkable correlation. It means that: The higher religiosity they have, the higher self-esteem they hold.