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Faith Development as Change in Religious Types: Results from Three-wave Longitudinal Data with Faith Development Interviews
| Content Provider | PsyArXiv |
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| Author | Streib, Heinz Chen, Zhuo Job Hood, Ralph |
| Description | Faith, as a way of how people understand God and the world and make or discover meaning in their life, is characterized by individual differences and changes over the lifetime. Our research investigates these changes over the lifespan in terms of hierarchically ordered types that are the elements in our developmental model, which is a critical advancement and modification of Fowler’s theory of faith development. This study is the first to investigate whether there is development in faith over the adult lifespan and to identify predictors of developmental change. Our mixed-method design used three-wave longitudinal data (mean lag time 10.47 years from Wave 1 to Wave 3). A sample of N = 75 participants were interviewed with the faith development interview three times and each time answered comprehensive questionnaires. Results evidenced faith development over the lifespan: a majority in our data moved to a higher type, while change to a lower type did occur. Openness to experience and the religious schema truth of text and teachings were potential antecedents for faith development. |
| DOI | 10.31234/osf.io/qrcb2 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2020-11-20 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | CC-By Attribution 4.0 International |
| Subject Keyword | Social and Behavioral Sciences;Developmental Psychology;Personality Development Faith Development Longitudinal Research Openness To Experience Religious Change Religious Development Religious Schema |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Preprint |
| Subject | Social Sciences Developmental and Educational Psychology |
