Measuring Faith Maturity: Reassessing Valuegenesis and Development of a Denomination-Specific Scale

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1993

Abstract

The Valuegenesis Faith-Maturity Scale and two related short-form scales developed for mainline Protestant use were evaluated for validity for Seventh-day Adventists. Inappropriate items were identified using statistical procedures and results from a survey of Adventist educators and pastors. New long- and short-form faith-maturity scales were developed. Different findings from adult/youth and grade-level comparisons using the five scales suggested that denomination-specific scale construction and validation are needed. The new long-form scale was very similar to one of the short-form scales constructed for mainline Protestant use and may be appropriate for other denominations. © 1993 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Journal Title

Journal of Research on Christian Education

Volume

2

Issue

1

First Page

93

Last Page

113

DOI

10.1080/10656219309484772

First Department

Graduate Psychology and Counseling

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