Description

The Indiscriminate Proreligiousness Scale – Personal Form (IPS-PF) is a psychometric instrument designed to assess an indiscriminately positive attitude and support toward all religions at a personal level. It examines individuals’ personal beliefs and their tendency to accept and support different religious faiths without discrimination or exclusion.

The scale is intended to capture a form of generalized religious positivity that is not necessarily associated with adherence to a particular religion, faith, or doctrine.

Purpose

The main purpose of the IPS-PF is to provide a reliable and valid measure of an individual’s personal indiscriminately positive attitude toward religions.

According to the source material, the instrument may also be used to examine how general religious positivity is associated with psychological well-being, interpersonal relationships, and social behavior, as well as with other psychological and social factors.

Main Dimensions

The IPS-PF includes three main areas of assessment:

Personal Positive Acceptance of All Religions

This dimension assesses the individual’s personal tendency to accept and support different religions and religious traditions.

Personal Non-Critical Stance Toward Religions

This dimension evaluates the tendency to avoid negatively judging the religious beliefs of other people, regardless of their particular religion.

Personal General Religious Positivity

This dimension refers to a broader positive personal attitude toward religions and religious practices, independently of the specific beliefs or practices involved.

Administration

The IPS-PF consists of a series of statements to which participants indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement.

According to the source material, responses are given on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from:

1 = “Strongly disagree” to 5 = “Strongly agree.”

The source file includes the designation AQ-12 in its title, but it does not further clarify within the text the exact number of items or their distribution across the individual dimensions. Therefore, the specific administration procedure should follow the instructions of the version being used.

Scoring

Responses are collected and analyzed in order to calculate scores for the individual dimensions of personal indiscriminate proreligiousness.

According to the source file, higher scores indicate a stronger indiscriminately positive attitude toward all religions at a personal level.

Interpretation

Higher scores may reflect stronger personal acceptance of different religions, a lower tendency to judge other people’s religious beliefs negatively, and a generally more positive orientation toward religious diversity.

The scores should not automatically be interpreted as a direct measure of personal faith or the intensity of religiosity. As described in the source material, the IPS-PF primarily focuses on the individual’s personal attitude toward religions.

Data Analysis and Use

The results may be used to examine associations between personal indiscriminate proreligiousness and variables such as social acceptance, interpersonal behavior, psychological well-being, and other psychosocial factors.

In research settings, the data may be analyzed using descriptive statistics, reliability analysis, correlations, and group comparisons, depending on the study design.

Applications

The IPS-PF may be used in psychology of religion, social psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and research on religious attitudes and social acceptance.

It may also contribute to the study of religious diversity, tolerance, and the way personal attitudes toward religions are associated with broader psychological and social variables.

References

Glock, C. Y., & Stark, R. (1965). Religion and Society in Tension. Chicago: Rand McNally.

Hood, R. W., Hill, P. C., & Spilka, B. (2009). The Psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach. Guilford Press.

Allport, G. W. (1950). The Individual and His Religion: A Psychological Interpretation. Macmillan.

Pargament, K. I. (1997). The Psychology of Religion and Coping: Theory, Research, Practice. Guilford Press.