Alida Westman
Biographic Data
| ID | 10445879 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alida Westman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alida |
| FAMILY NAME | Westman |
| SIGNATURE | WESTMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Michigan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Refining Christian Religious Orientations through Cluster Analyses
To explore religious orientations, 163 Christians answered the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Religious Orientation and Quest Scales. Cluster analysis showed that Extrinsic Item 2 (“It doesn't matter so much what I believe so long as I lead a moral life”) did not fit in the two- or three-cluster model. One cluster of the two-cluster and one of the three-cluster models were exactly the same and reflected intrinsic, personal religion. The remaining cluste…
Relationships Among Assisted Suicide and Religiousness, Resources Available, Denial of Dying, and Autonomy
God-Mediated Control, Religiousness, Attributes of God and of the Ideal Religious Life
Among 79 students the ones who scored higher on Berrenberg's (1987) God-mediated Control Scale rated themselves as more religious ( r = .85). They also endorsed “knowing my God” as more important for the ideal religious life than “believing the right things.” “Doing the right things” was even less important to them. God-mediated control and “knowing my God” correlated with rating God as understanding, forgiving, and helpful, whereas “believing th…
God-Mediated Control, Religiousness, Attributes of God and of the Ideal Religious Life
Among 79 students the ones who scored higher on Berrenberg's (1987) God-mediated Control Scale rated themselves as more religious (r = .85). They also endorsed "knowing my God" as more important for the ideal religious life than "believing the right things." "Doing the right things" was even less important to them. God-mediated control and "knowing my God" correlated with rating God as understanding, forgiving, and helpful, whereas "believing the…
Relationships among Assisted Suicide and Religiousness, Resources Available, Denial of Dying, and Autonomy
A nonrandom sample of eligible voters in Michigan (N = 218; mean age 35.7 yr.) anonymously completed a questionnaire during the two weeks prior to voting on a ballot proposal endorsing physician-assisted suicide. Favoring assisted suicide correlated negatively with scores on religiousness, believing that only a troubled mind would favor assisted suicide and that vulnerable individuals would suffer were assisted suicide legal, with denial of dying…
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Relationships Among Assisted Suicide and Religiousness, Resources Available, Denial of Dying, and Autonomy
God-Mediated Control, Religiousness, Attributes of God and of the Ideal Religious Life
Among 79 students the ones who scored higher on Berrenberg's (1987) God-mediated Control Scale rated themselves as more religious ( r = .85). They also endorsed “knowing my God” as more important for the ideal religious life than “believing the right things.” “Doing the right things” was even less important to them. God-mediated control and “knowing my God” correlated with rating God as understanding, forgiving, and helpful, whereas “believing th…
God-Mediated Control, Religiousness, Attributes of God and of the Ideal Religious Life
Among 79 students the ones who scored higher on Berrenberg's (1987) God-mediated Control Scale rated themselves as more religious (r = .85). They also endorsed "knowing my God" as more important for the ideal religious life than "believing the right things." "Doing the right things" was even less important to them. God-mediated control and "knowing my God" correlated with rating God as understanding, forgiving, and helpful, whereas "believing the…
Relationships among Assisted Suicide and Religiousness, Resources Available, Denial of Dying, and Autonomy
A nonrandom sample of eligible voters in Michigan (N = 218; mean age 35.7 yr.) anonymously completed a questionnaire during the two weeks prior to voting on a ballot proposal endorsing physician-assisted suicide. Favoring assisted suicide correlated negatively with scores on religiousness, believing that only a troubled mind would favor assisted suicide and that vulnerable individuals would suffer were assisted suicide legal, with denial of dying…
Refining Christian Religious Orientations through Cluster Analyses
To explore religious orientations, 163 Christians answered the Intrinsic and Extrinsic Religious Orientation and Quest Scales. Cluster analysis showed that Extrinsic Item 2 (“It doesn't matter so much what I believe so long as I lead a moral life”) did not fit in the two- or three-cluster model. One cluster of the two-cluster and one of the three-cluster models were exactly the same and reflected intrinsic, personal religion. The remaining cluste…
Psychology (5 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Autonomy (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Control (management (2 works) · Denial (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works)