Personality and Religion a study among 8‐11 year olds

Abstract

A sample of 166 year four, year five and year six pupils completed the Francis scale of attitude toward Christianity together with the short‐form Revised Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. The data extend the findings of previous research by demonstrating that psychoticism is the dimension of personality fundamental to individual differences in religiosity among a sample of children as young as 9‐11 years of age.