Changes in Religious Attitude and Practices Among Students During University Degree Courses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9614580 |
|---|---|
| Authors | G W PILKINGTON (University of Sheffield), Pamela K Poppleton (University of Sheffield), GILLIAN ROBERTSHAW (University of Sheffield) |
| Year | 1965 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 150-157 |
| Publication date | 1965-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8279.1965.tb01799.x |
| PMID | 14320833 |
| OpenAlex | W2069539220 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
S ummary . A sample of 106 university students was given a religious attitude scale and a questionnaire concerning their religious activities and belief in their first year and then again in their third year. Significant decreases in response were found for four of the seven indices used. The movement away from religion appeared to be more common among women and Nonconformist and Roman Catholic students than among men and Church of England students. The extent to which the changes found in religious attitude and behaviour for the whole sample were the direct results of the students' experiences at the university cannot be determined by the present data. But a comparison made between the responses of the 106 university students and those of eighty‐three students in their third year at training college suggests that undergoing a university education is, in itself, unlikely to be important, except for women and members of devout regligious denominations, as mentioned above. The hypothesis that students reading scientific subjects at the university are more likely to decline in their religious activities and attitude than are students reading other subjects was not conclusively confirmed by the findings reported
Nonconformist · Positive attitude · Reading (process) · Sample (material) · Chemistry · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Religious Education and Schools · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1967 - 1978 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |