Cross‐Cultural Commonalities in Religiosity by Measurement Invariance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7867780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mitsuharu Watanabe (Department of Management Kanto‐Gakuin University Yokohama Japan), Akira Kawabata (0000-0001-6507-9467, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University Yamadaoka Suita Osaka Japan, corresponding author), Tatsuya Yumiyama (Institute for Liberal Arts, Tokyo Institute of Techonology Ookayama Tokyo Japan) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 690-709 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jssr.12811 |
| OpenAlex | W4308915440 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 23 |
In this study, we attempted to determine the cross‐cultural commonalities in religiosity between the U.S. and Japan by measurement invariance. While both countries share many common values and similar social systems, some differences exist in religion. We collected religious propositions/concepts typical in most religions in the two countries. Then, using a mind map tool and database, we prepared 100 mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive religious belief items that do not employ the terminologies of any specific religion. U.S. and Japanese research companies administered the survey via the internet. By differential item functioning (DIF) analysis, we found 23 common items, and five remarkably specific items showing opposing patterns. By multiple‐group confirmatory factor analysis, we found that the two countries share the same structure of religiosity, consisting of three correlated factors: “Supernaturalism,” “Psychological Benefits of Religion,” and “New Age Spirituality.” The factor “New Age spirituality” connects the other two factors
Confirmatory factor analysis · Measurement invariance · Religiosity · Sociology · Spirituality · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Cultural Differences and Values · Mathematics · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |