Open AccessRELIGIOUS PREFERENCE AS A FACTOR IN ATTITUDINAL AND BACKGROUND DIFFERENCES AMONG COLLEGE FRESHMEN
Author(s) -
Hartnett Rodney T.,
Peterson Richard E.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
ets research bulletin series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2333-8504
pISSN - 0424-6144
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1967.tb00365.x
Subject(s) - protestantism , preference , psychology , social psychology , socioeconomic status , protestant work ethic , independence (probability theory) , judaism , conservatism , religious studies , sociology , demography , theology , political science , law , population , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , politics , economics , capitalism , microeconomics
Differences among four religious preference groups–Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and those with no formal religion (NFR)–in a cross section of 1500 college freshmen were explored by means of the College Student Questionnaires, Part 1. Of the seven CSQ‐1 scales (Family Independence, Peer Independence, Liberalism, Social Conscience, Cultural Sophistication, Motivation for Grades, and Family Status), variation on five was significantly associated with religious preference even after controlling for socioeconomic status and sex. Protestant‐Catholic differences were small compared to the differences between the combined Catholic and Protestant S s vs. non‐Christians (Jews and NFR's). Differences among Protestant denominations were also slight.