Religious feelings in early and late adulthood

Figures & data

Table 1. Comparison of concordance in assessments made by five competent judges (n = 40) on the similarity of responses between the first and second study wave.

Question number	Kendall’s W	χ^2	df	p<	Percentage of explained variance
Q1	.66	127.71	39	.001	32
Q2	.62	120.85	39	.001	28
Q3	.61	119.42	39	.001	27
Q4	.65	127.30	39	.001	32

Figure 1. Categories and subcategories of religious feelings.

Table 2. Diversity of occurrences of the subcategory of positive qualities of religious feelings in early and late adulthood.

			Developmental stage
	Categories		Early adulthood	Late adulthood	Overall
Positive qualities	Reflexivity	n	9a	6a	15
		%	60.0%	40.0%	100.0%
	Multiple feelings	n	36a	17b	53
		%	67.9%	32.1%	100.0%
	Trust	n	7a	27b	34
		%	20.6%	79.4%	100.0%
	Joy	n	9a	8a	17
		%	52.9%	47.1%	100.0%
	Love	n	19a	22a	41
		%	46.3%	53.7%	100.0%
	Overall	n	80	80	160
		%	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%

Note. Indexes a, b represent pairs of comparisons significantly differing in terms of occurrence frequency, considering column proportions (Z-test).

Table 3. Diversity of occurrences of the subcategory of negative qualities of religious feelings in early and late adulthood.

			Developmental stage
	Categories		Early adulthood	Late adulthood	Overall
Negative qualities	Anger	n	23a	10b	33
		%	69.7%	30.3%	100.0%
	Reflexivity	n	9a	22b	31
		%	29.0%	71.0%	100.0%
	Lack of negative feelings	n	14a	19a	33
		%	42.4%	57.6%	100.0%
	Transformation	n	7a	19b	26
		%	26.9%	73.1%	100.0%
	Grief	n	6a	5a	11
		%	54.5%	45.5%	100.0%
	Multiple feelings	n	21a	5b	26
		%	80.8%	19.2%	100.0%
	Overall	n	80	80	160
		%	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%

Note. Indexes a, b represent pairs of comparisons significantly differing in terms of occurrence frequency, considering column proportions (Z-test).

Table 4. Diversity of occurrences of the subcategory of situational context of religious feelings in early and late adulthood.

			Developmental stage
	Categories		Early adulthood	Late adulthood	Overall
Situational context	Reflexivity	n	32a	10b	42
		%	76.2%	23.8%	100.0%
	Religious practices	n	29a	31a	60
		%	48.3%	51.7%	100.0%
	Engagement in religious situations	n	19a	39b	58
		%	32.8%	67.2%	100.0%
	Overall	n	80	80	160
		%	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%

Note. Indexes a, b represent pairs of comparisons significantly differing in terms of occurrence frequency, considering column proportions (Z-test).

Table 5. Diversity of occurrences of the subcategory of regulatory strategies in early and late adulthood.

Categories			Developmental stage		Overall
			Early adulthood	Late adulthood
Regulatory strategies	Secular life issues	n	29a	16b	45
		%	64.4%	35.6%	100.0%
	Religious life issues	n	3a	11b	14
		%	21.4%	78.6%	100.0%
	Secular and religious life issues	n	37a	16b	53
		%	69.8%	30.2%	100.0%
	Orientation towards eternity	n	11a	37b	48
		%	22.9%	77.1%	100.0%
	Overall	n	80	80	160
		%	50.0%	50.0%	100.0%

Note. Indexes a, b represent pairs of comparisons significantly differing in terms of occurrence frequency, considering column proportions (Z-test).

Figure 2. Neural network model for religious feelings in early and late adulthood.

Table 6. Classification matrix.

		Sample predicted
Sample		Early adulthood	Late adulthood	% of correct classifications
Training	Early adulthood	46	11	80.7%
	Late adulthood	12	43	78.2%
	Overall %	51.8%	48.2%	79.5%
Testing	Early adulthood	21	2	91.3%
	Late adulthood	2	23	92.0%
	Overall %	47.9%	52.1%	91.7%

Note. Dependent variable: age.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated and analyzed during the present study are part of a larger project related to the development of interviews concerning additional parameters in light of Walesa’s (2005) conceptual framework, and therefore are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.