Attitude towards Islam: Adaptation and initial validation of the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity in a sample of Israeli-Arab Muslims

Hisham Motkal Abu-Rayya; Maram Hussien Abu-Rayya

doi:10.1163/157361209X371528

Attitude towards Islam: Adaptation and initial validation of the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity in a sample of Israeli-Arab Muslims

Hisham Motkal Abu-Rayya, Maram Hussien Abu-Rayya

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Abstract

The present study ascertained the validity and reliability of the Attitude towards Islam measure, modified from Francis's short version (7-items) Scale of Attitude towards Christianity (Francis, 1978). 443 Arab Muslims from high schools and colleges in Israel with an age range of 17-38 years participated in the study. Factor analysis revealed two dimensions of the measure, labelled experiential and judgemental, in each of the samples. The findings also revealed high validity and reliability of the measure in the case of the whole scale and experiential dimension, and less so in the case of the judgemental dimension.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	115-122
Number of pages	8
Journal	Archive for the Psychology of Religion
Volume	31
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/157361209X371528
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Arabs
Attitude
Islam
Reliability
Validity

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Psychology (miscellaneous)

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Attitude towards Islam: Adaptation and initial validation of the Francis Scale of Attitude towards Christianity in a sample of Israeli-Arab Muslims

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