Francis, Leslie J., Robbins, Mandy and Murray, Laura. (2010) Psychological type and religious orientation : do introverts and extraverts go to church for different reasons? Mental Health, Religion & Culture, Vol.13 (No.7/8). pp. 821-827. ISSN 1367-4676

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This study set out to profile an Anglican congregation in the south of England in terms of religious orientation, assessed by the New Indices of Religious Orientation, and in terms of psychological type, assessed by the Francis Psychological Type Scales, in order to test the hypothesis that motivation for church attendance (religious orientation) is related to personality (psychological type). The data demonstrated that this congregation (N = 65) displayed clear preferences for judging (72%) over perceiving (28%) and for sensing (62%) over intuition (39%), slight preference for extraversion (54%) over introversion (46%) and a fairly close balance between feeling (51%) and thinking (49%), and included attenders who reflected all three religious orientations: intrinsic, extrinsic, and quest. Moreover, extraverts recorded significantly higher scores than introverts on the measure of extrinsic religiosity, while introverts recorded significantly higher scores than extraverts on the measure of intrinsic religiosity, demonstrating a link between psychological type and religious orientation.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Church attendance -- Psychological aspects, Church of England -- Membership -- Psychological aspects, Christians -- Psychology
Journal or Publication Title:	Mental Health, Religion & Culture
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	1367-4676
Date:	November 2010
Volume:	Vol.13
Number:	No.7/8
Page Range:	pp. 821-827
Identification Number:	10.1080/13674670802207496
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
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URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/4097

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