When income meets faith
The development and application of the Chinese generation Z unconventional religious orientation scale
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15699149 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wang Ziang (Hangzhou Normal University, corresponding author), Jiang Jindong (Hangzhou Normal University), Xuan Cao (0000-0002-6859-0030), Cao Xuan, Luo Yinglin (Hangzhou Normal University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 326-326 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2050-7283 • E-ISSN: 2050-7283 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s40359-024-01835-1 |
| PMID | 38835060 |
| OpenAlex | W4399330710 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 39 |
This study seeks to analyze the psychological construction of Unconventional Religious Orientations and their association with individual income level satisfaction within Generation Z. Generation Z, individuals born between 1995 and 2010, grew up in a socio-cultural context marked by digitization and globalization. This study identifies three key dimensions of Unconventional Religious Orientations: religious spiritual dependence, religious instrumental tendencies, and religious uniqueness identity. By combining rootedness theory, semi-structured interviews, and literature review, we constructed and refined a set of relevant scales. Using exploratory and validation factor analyses (EFA and CFA), we verified the structural validity of the scale. The results of the analyses revealed significant negative correlations between satisfaction with income level and all dimensions of Unconventional Religious Orientation for Generation Z, suggesting that Unconventional Religious Orientation tends to diminish as income satisfaction increases. In addition, the significant positive correlations between these dimensions of religious inclination imply that they may share certain underlying factors in their psychological structure. This study not only successfully developed a set of psychometric instruments for Unconventional Religious Orientations, but also provided a new psychological perspective for understanding the dynamic interaction between economic satisfaction and religious psychological attitudes in Generation Z
Context (archaeology · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Exploratory factor analysis · Faith · Future Orientation · Psychology of religion · Psychometrics · Religiosity · Religious identity · Religious orientation · Scale (ratio · Set (abstract data type · Structural equation modeling · Mathematics · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |